Instructions for making pancakes on water

Maslenitsa is celebrated during the week before Lent. In 2019, the Masleniya week begins on March 4 and, of course, will not do without traditional pancakes, which, as you know, do not happen much.





Every day of the carnivore week has long had its name and meaning. Monday was called "meetings." On this day, the first pancake was always given to the poor. On Tuesday, there were "flirts" - brides' watches and ceremonies of matchmaking.





Wednesday is mother-in-law pancake day. The wife's mother baked pancakes and gave them to her son-in-law. It was believed that the richer her table, the more mother-in-law favored her daughter's husband. From Thursday, or “revelation”, Maslenitsa was called broad: people stopped any work and completely gave themselves to festivities.





On Friday, the “mother-in-laws of the evening” took place: the mother-in-law came to the pancakes to the young, and on Saturday – “zolovkins of the gathering”, when the daughter-in-law invited sister-in-law. So, on Maslenitsa you need to bake pancakes, eat yourself, treat loved ones, go to visit pancakes, dip them in butter and again eat.





To celebrate Maslenitsa with health benefits, it is time to think about what pancakes to cook, so that they do not remain extra pounds at the waist and a feeling of heaviness in the stomach.

Simple pancakes on the water, thin and tasty Everyone knows that “butter porridge can not spoil”, so I long refused to believe that the water in the recipe of pancakes could be something better than milk. But one day he replaced 50% of milk with water and realized that it is definitely tastier: pancakes are softer and more porous than pure milk.





The next step was to thin-pancake, which are prepared without any problems, never stick to the pan and are great for both sweet filling, and, for example, for meat, vegetable or mushroom.

The ingredients
  • 500 ml of water
  • 3 eggs
  • 6 tbsp (200g flour)
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 0.5 tsp baking powder


Preparation
  1. Break 3 eggs into a bowl, add salt and sugar, stir. Pour 500 ml of warm water and stir again.


  2. Next, add baking powder and 6 tablespoons of flour with a good slide. Stir until you get a liquid dough without lumps. If the dough is too liquid, add another spoonful of flour.
  3. Add vegetable oil to the dough, stir again and leave to stand for 10 minutes.


  4. Put the pan on a medium fire, let it heat up, grease with a piece of lard and evenly distribute the dough on the surface of the pan.
  5. Fire pancakes from both sides to a golden color.


  6. From the specified number of products, 15-16 thin pancakes with a diameter of 20 cm are obtained.
  7. Such pancakes can be eaten with sour cream, honey, jam, but they are very well suited for unsweetened filling.
  8. On the water, on budget, but my family likes it. Bon appetit and cheerful carnival!




How do you reduce the damage from pancakes? Everyone agrees that pancakes are a great breakfast. However, they are not very suitable for the daily menu due to the high calorie content, excess sugar and fat. Too sweet or fatty fillings are contraindicated in overweight, diabetes, as well as diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.





A healthy alternative to sugar is fruit. To make the dish dietary and bring it vitamins and minerals, use pancake fillings: blueberries, apples, bananas, cranberries, raisins, pumpkin or carrots.

Instead of ordinary wheat flour in pancake recipes, flour mixtures can be used: add barley, rye or buckwheat flour, oatmeal or millet cereal. For the preparation of pancake dough, you can use low-fat milk or whey, buttermilk, a mixture of milk and water, and minimize the content of salt and sugar.

Are pancakes on the water too easy for you? Try the pancake queen - pancake casserole! If you add to the usual pancakes a delicate filling, and then bake under the sauce bechamel, then from an everyday dish they turn into a real masterpiece.

Who does not like to eat delicious pancakes with a variety of fillings? Not everyone likes to cook them. By following these smart tips, you will forget what a "fucking lump" is! Read and memorize.

Shrovetide is not only pancakes, but also unusual folk traditions. We have prepared a list of things that should not be done on Maslenitsa.