My First Attempt at Martabak Manis
Posted by Belle on 24 Sep 2007 at 09:35 pm | Tagged as: cooking, sweets
Last Sunday, I finally had a chance to try the recipe of Martabak Manis of my friend, Elyani.
I only had less than half an hour to prepare as we were heading to Phoenix Sunday morning. I didn’t have enough time to let the yeast foamed up so that is probably the reason why my pancake had lots of holes in it. Elyani’s pancake was nice and smooth. Also, I was supposed to let the batter sit at room temperature for 15 or 20 minutes but since I was in a hurry, I skipped that part and proceeded with the cooking. I should have lowered the temperature at a medium setting or lower to avoid burning the bottom part of the pancake. Ahhh, next time, I will do much better.
I had to do a little bit of math to convert grams to ounces, which was a bit of a challenge. Elyani’s recipe is measured in grams.
Here’s the recipe:
1 1/3 cups of flour
1 tsp instant yeast
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/3 cups of coconut milk
2 eggs
1/2 tsp baking soda
For filling, I used (or whatever are your favorite toppings)
condensed milk
chocolate syrup
coconut flakes
For instructions: go to Elyani’s site.
Here’s my very first Martabak Manis:
I only cooked two huge pancakes out of the batter. My husband loved it. He said if he was not watching his diet, he could easily eat the whole plate. I had the leftover for breakfast this morning and that was all I had until dinner except for banana, grapes, and water. Very filling, indeed!
Thanks Elyani for the recipe.
Belle, can you adopt me? I need those kind of food. I’m sick with curry beef, noodles, fried singapore rice, spaghetti, siomai, siopao which I buy all of them from 7-11 store.
Maski na ga-order ako sa Quezon Pinoy ning pagkaon, daing namit buda maalsom na grabi so dinuguan ninda. Dai sinda batid mag lluto nin pignatukan na sitaw na igwang sili.
I love to cook, kaso kahit asin I don’t have in my kitchen. Tibaad matigbak na sana ako kaining burarat ang mata! Herak man.
really Belle, kahit siguro mag lessons ako hindi ako makakapag luto, grabe talaga, i cannot. and to think na napakasarap ng mga ginagawa mo. haaaayyyy, pero i enjoy eating!
hope all’s well with you and the family!
Wow…Belle, that is not bad at all for first timer. To tell you the truth, I’d never made Martabak Manis at home because I dont have the right pan (1 good martabak pan weighed about 10 lbs). Next time you make martabak again, please refer to the following site :
http://kedaihamburg.blogspot.com/2007/06/martabak-manis.html
I’ll give you the translation via email. They are simpler and take less time to do it.
Check your Yahoo email. I sent some pics there.
Just looking at the ingredients, I already know that it must taste good. Kaya lang I don’t have the patience to cook something like this. Quick and easy to prepare lang ang kaya ko.
looks delish… I will pick this up & try it next time I make pancakes
looks scrumptious!
How I wish the computer can transmit the aroma. I could just imagine the delicious scent in the air and the yummy taste.
one weekend, i am going to try this. if i succeeded in at least making it appear like what you and elyani have, i’ll tell the world about it, if not, well, you know what happened hehehe
To Zherwin, the simpler version of making Martabak Manis is as follow :
Ingredients :
500 gr all purpose flour
3 eggs
1 package backpulver/baking powder
1 tbs yeast
1/2 tsp vanilla powder
4 tbs sugar
1 tsp salt
600 ml luke-warm milk
100 gr butter / margarine — melted
Method:
-Sift flour, baking powder, set aside.
-Sprinkle the yeast onto half of the warm milk and set aside until frothy.
-Beat eggs, sugar, vanilla powder, and salt with a medium speed until frothy. Add in flour, baking powder, yeast that has been mixed with half of the milk and the rest of the milk alternately.
-Pour in the melted butter and leave the dough for 30 minutes.
-Heat the cast iron skillet and wait until the heat is widely spread. After the heat at the skillet is stable, lower the heat, pour the batter in and cook until risen.
-Remove from the pan, sprinkle the topping to your liking before the surface gets really dry —you have to smear the upside pancake with butter first like you smear your bread, so the topping will stick together.
choices of topping in Indonesia is normally : roasted peanuts (remove the husks and chopped), sesame seeds (toasted), chocolate rice, sweetened condensed milk, and grated cheddar cheese.
Good job, Belle! Looks appetizing!
The recipe that Elyani gave to you is almost similar with my recipe in Indonesian Language, Maybe translation from my Indonesian recipe?.See here http://kedaihamburg.blogspot.com/2007/06/martabak-manis.html
Backpulver (Deutsch) or baking powder (English) is normally sold in Germany.