Pancakes with kefir

Kefir pancakes are a popular dish of Slavic cuisine, the collection of recipes of which includes several dozen varieties. Kefir in combination with soda creates the effect of fluffiness and porosity, causing the pancakes to “grow” twice in size in the pan. Pancakes are prepared both with and without added sugar; fruits and vegetables and various flavorings are included in the dough. Flour can also be different - wheat, rye, rice, etc.

Classic thin kefir pancakes with holes

There is an important point in the technology for preparing pancakes according to this recipe: you need to use kefir, the shelf life of which is coming to an end. This is the product that allows you to make pancakes with holes.

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   How to cook delicious pancakes with kefir? Pour about a third of the volume of kefir into the container for kneading the dough and mix it with a teaspoon of soda. Set aside for about 10 minutes.
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   The next step is to add four tablespoons of vegetable oil to the kefir. Only refined, odorless oil is used.
3. 
   Pour vanillin, sugar, salt into a container and mix. At this stage, you can add other flavorings if desired. Lightly salt the liquid.
4. 
   Beat two eggs into the total mass and beat everything with a fork or whisk. You can stir the eggs in a separate bowl in advance so that the liquid kefir mixture does not spill outside the container.
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   Next, add the pre-sifted flour and gradually add the remaining kefir. This process requires patience and observation. It is important to add flour and kefir in small portions and mix very well. It is necessary to achieve a uniform consistency and oxygen saturation of the dough. It is equally important to obtain the dough of the desired thickness - a little more liquid than for ordinary fluffy pancakes. When the kneading has taken place, set the dough aside for 10-15 minutes.
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   Fry the pancakes in a well-heated frying pan with a smooth, scratch-free surface, turning them over to the other side when ready. Before frying the first pancake, grease the pan with vegetable oil. You can grease the pan with vegetable oil more often.

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Openwork pancakes on kefir with boiling water

The secret of openwork and at the same time durable pancakes is in a specific procedure - adding boiling water to the dough. This step makes the dough elastic, and a delicate openwork is created by kefir in combination with soda.

Ingredients:

• Kefir – 2 tbsp.
• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Water – 1.5 tbsp.
• Sugar – 2 tbsp. l.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Salt – a couple of pinches.
• Soda – 2/3 tsp.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

1. In a convenient container, mix two eggs with sugar, add a couple of pinches of salt, mix everything and beat with a fork or whisk.

2. Measure out the required amount of kefir and pour into the eggs. Mix the ingredients by lightly beating them with a fork. Bubbles will already begin to form in this mixture.

3. Sift wheat flour through a sieve or a sieve mug and gradually mix into kefir and eggs, taking care to ensure that no lumps disappear.

4. Lightly beat the dough with a whisk. It should be quite thick at this stage as this is not the final stage of cooking.

5. Boil water and immediately pour baking soda into it and dissolve it. Then pour boiling water into the dough, kneading it rhythmically.

6. Heat a frying pan on the stove, pour in a little vegetable oil and pour in the dough with a ladle or any convenient device. It should cover the surface of the pan with a thin layer so that the pancake turns out thin. Turn the pancakes over to the other side and fry for a couple of minutes.

7. You can put a piece of butter on the prepared pancakes with “holes” for tenderness, satiety and enhanced aroma.

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A very tasty recipe for custard pancakes on kefir with boiling water

This recipe features amazing cooking technology. Here the eggs are beaten with boiling water without curdling. Thanks to this brewing method, the pancakes are dense and easy to flip.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Kefir – 1 tbsp.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Boiling water – 1 tbsp.
• Sugar – 2 tbsp. l.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Salt, vegetable oil.

Cooking process:

1. Break the eggs into a deep bowl and beat with a mixer until foam forms.

2.Boil water and immediately begin pouring it in a thin stream into the egg mass, while continuing to whisk it. This is an important point: do not stop beating the eggs and add the water slowly. With the right approach, the eggs will not curl, and the mass will turn out incredibly fluffy.

3. Pour kefir into the eggs. It's better if it's at room temperature.

4. Mix flour with soda and sift through a sieve into the egg-kefir mixture. Knead the ingredients.

5. Add sugar, a pinch of salt and a spoon or two of vegetable oil. Mix the dough well, you can beat it again with a mixer. It should be as thick as thin pancakes made with milk. You can add vanillin or aromatic essence if desired.

6. Fry pancakes in a well-heated frying pan with vegetable oil. Turn over only when the pancake is well browned.

7. The finished pancakes can be stacked, layered with a piece of butter, then they will become even more tender.

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Thick fluffy pancakes made with kefir and yeast

This is a win-win recipe for soft, fluffy pancakes using a simple set of ingredients. The main factor for success in preparing this dish is compliance with the temperature conditions of the products; it is also important to let the dough sit for 30-60 minutes.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 4 tbsp.
• Kefir – 2 tbsp.
• Yeast – 10 g.
• Sugar – 3 tbsp. l.
• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l.
• Water – 1 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 pinch.

Cooking process:

1. For the dough, first prepare the dough: mix the specified amount of yeast with sugar and 2-3 tablespoons of flour. Then heat 2 cups of kefir to a temperature of approximately 35-40 degrees and mix with yeast, flour and sugar. Stir the mixture, cover with a napkin or thin cotton towel and let the dough rise.This process will take approximately 15 minutes. It is important that there is no strong air circulation or drafts at the location of the container with the dough.

2. First keep the eggs at room temperature for a while, then add a pinch of salt and beat with a whisk.

3. Add beaten eggs to the dough, add some of the total volume of flour and pour in a glass of hot water. Constantly kneading the dough, pour all the flour into it. You may need more or less - the consistency should be slightly thicker than for pancakes without yeast. Add vegetable oil to the mixture and mix.

4. Cover the dough again with a thin towel or napkin and wait for half an hour to an hour until it rises.

5. Place the dough in a frying pan heated with oil and carefully level it over the surface. Cover with a lid and fry on one side, then turn over to the other and close with the lid again. The pancakes cook quickly enough and remain fluffy after removing from the pan.

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Step-by-step recipe for making pancakes with kefir and milk

For this recipe, kefir and milk should be taken in a ratio of 3:1. Thanks to the presence of vegetable oil in the recipe, the pancakes flip well and do not stick to the pan.

Ingredients:

• Kefir – 3 tbsp.
• Milk – 1 tbsp.
• Flour – 300 gr.
• Sugar – 3 tbsp. l.
• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Soda – 1 tsp.
• Salt – a pinch.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. Mix eggs with sugar and a pinch of salt and beat with a fork, whisk or mixer until foam forms.

2. Mix room temperature kefir with beaten eggs and knead thoroughly with a spoon or fork.

3. Follow the kefir with soda and stir well.The process of carbon dioxide release will begin and bubbles will form. The alkaline environment has already met the acidic (kefir) environment, so vinegar is not needed here.

4. Add flour sifted through a sieve in portions, stir, kneading all small lumps. At this stage, the dough will be quite thick, and this is normal, because it will still be diluted with milk.

5. Pour a glass of milk, slightly warmed, into the dough and mix everything. If you add milk gradually, there should be no lumps. If they still remain, use a mixer.

6. Add two tablespoons of refined, odorless vegetable oil to the pancake dough and stir.

7. Heat a frying pan with an intact, undamaged surface. If your pan is in perfect condition, you don't even need to use oil for frying, since it is present in the batter. But for the first pancake, it’s better to “grease” the pan a little. Fry the pancakes without a lid, turning them over as soon as they brown.

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A simple and delicious pancake recipe without adding eggs

The absence of eggs in this recipe does not affect the quality of the dish. The only difference is that pancakes without eggs turn out lighter, without a yellow tint.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 300 g.
• Kefir – about 1 liter.
• Sugar – 3 tbsp. l.
• Salt – ¼ tsp.
• Soda – 1 tsp.
• Vegetable oil.
• Cinnamon and vanilla optional.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl and mix it with soda and sugar. If you are making sweet pancakes, you can add a little more sugar and add a pinch of vanillin and a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon. For unsweetened pancakes, you can not use sugar at all or limit yourself to one spoon.

2.Heat kefir to a temperature of about 40 degrees and pour it into the mixture of dry products, stirring constantly. It is quite possible to obtain a lump-free dough without the help of a mixer if you patiently mix the ingredients in portions. If lumps form, take a mixer and beat the mixture.

3. Add vegetable oil to the dough. It will not only give the pancakes the necessary elasticity, but will also protect them from sticking to the pan during frying.

4. Stir the dough well and evaluate the consistency. The recipe is designed for making thin pancakes, so the dough should be quite liquid. To obtain denser pancakes, you can add flour.

5. Fry pancakes in a well-heated frying pan (preferably with a non-stick coating). Fry the first side a little longer so that the dough “grabs” well; for the second, literally a minute is enough.

6. Ready-made pancakes can be greased with butter and stacked, then they will be soft and tender. In general, this recipe produces a universal product that can be eaten with any fillings, served instead of bread with soup or meat, coated with jams, honey, etc.

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How to bake zucchini pancakes with kefir?

For this recipe, you can use any zucchini, even overgrown ones. They give pancakes juiciness and softness. These pancakes go well with sour cream sauce with garlic and cheese.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 250 g.
• Zucchini – 300 g.
• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Kefir – 1 tbsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Parsley and dill - 70 g each.
• Salt and ground black pepper.
• Vegetable oil.

Cooking process:

1. Peel the zucchini, remove the seeds along with the fibrous core. Grate the pulp, add a little salt and let stand for 10-15 minutes. Then squeeze out the liquid.You can rinse the grated zucchini if ​​you suddenly poured salt into it.

2. Beat the eggs with a fork and mix with the zucchini mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste. You can add a clove of garlic.

3. Add dill and parsley, finely chopped, to the total mass.

4. Heat kefir in the microwave or on the stove to a temperature of 35-40 degrees and pour into the zucchini with eggs and herbs. Immediately add baking soda and stir everything quickly.

5. Sift the flour into the container with the zucchini and gently rub out all the lumps. You can use a blender if the lumps do not grind.

6. The last ingredient of the dough is vegetable oil. You need to pour it into a container, mix all the products well and let the dough stand for a while. Check the thickness of the workpiece: it should be the same as for regular thick pancakes. If the mixture is runny, add flour.

7. The dough can be used to bake both large pancakes and pancakes. You need to fry them in a small amount of vegetable oil over medium heat, covering the pan with a lid.

8. It’s good to serve the zucchini pancakes with creamy garlic sauce with cheese and herbs.

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Diet oat pancakes with kefir

Pancakes made from oatmeal without adding flour are low in calories and bring more benefits to the body. Like flour pancakes, they can be eaten with any sauces, jams, honey, etc.

Ingredients:

• Oat flakes – 250 g.
• Kefir – 1 tbsp.
• Eggs – 1 pc.
• Sugar – 3 tbsp. l.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Vanillin optional.
• Vegetable oil, salt.
• Powdered sugar.

Cooking process:

1. Grind oatmeal in a coffee grinder or blender. You can buy already crushed flakes.

2. In a separate container, combine eggs, sugar and salt and beat them, preferably with a mixer. At this stage, add vanilla if desired.

3.Pour sifted chopped oat flakes into eggs with sugar. Mix the ingredients.

4. Kefir should be used warm, so it must first be heated in the microwave or on the stove. Pour soda into warm kefir and stir rhythmically. The reaction necessary to obtain fluffy pancakes will occur.

5. Combine the liquid and dry ingredients of the dough, stir and set aside for 15 minutes so that the components become friends.

6. Fry pancakes in the standard way in a frying pan with vegetable oil. Whether to cover the pan with a lid is up to you. If you cook in a closed frying pan, make sure that the pancakes do not dry out; the open method will allow a crispy crust to form.

7. The pancakes will turn out brown, and their consistency will be somewhat rougher than pancakes made from wheat flour. Various sweet sauces, as well as fresh berries or yoghurt, will perfectly soften and diversify the taste of pancakes.

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Pancakes with sour (sour) kefir

This recipe is based on sour kefir, which stagnated in the refrigerator and had every chance of being thrown away. However, such a product, when used correctly, becomes the key to high-quality, tasty pancakes.

Ingredients:

• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Sour kefir – 0.5 l.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Sugar – 2 tbsp. l.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Vegetable oil, salt.

Cooking process:

1. Heat sour kefir to a temperature of 40-50 degrees. In this case, excess carbon dioxide will already begin to be released. After removing the container with kefir from the heat, immediately pour soda into it. At the same time, the acid-base environment of kefir comes to an optimal state, its excess acid is leveled out.

2. In a separate container, prepare the egg mixture by beating the eggs with sugar and salt.If you plan to serve pancakes with a sweet filling, you can add vanilla or other flavorings to the eggs.

3. Mix kefir with eggs and add flour to the mixture in small portions. Knead thoroughly so that the dough is saturated with oxygen and is homogeneous, without lumps. From the specified amount of flour you will get a liquid dough for thin pancakes. You can also make thick pancakes using it, but then you need more flour and you may have to adjust the amount of soda.

4. Fry thin pancakes for a minute on each side over medium heat without a lid. Thick ones are baked longer and in a closed pan. Both versions of pancakes will turn out delicious if you correctly adjust the acidity of kefir. Don’t be afraid to add soda during the process if you notice that the dough is sour, just mix it with flour.

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Delicious pancakes made from rice flour

Rice flour is characterized by the absence of gluten and a high content of starch, so dishes made from it are crispy and brittle. To “glue” the ingredients together, pancakes made from rice flour use more eggs, but otherwise the recipe is the same as pancakes made from wheat flour.

Ingredients:

• Eggs – 4 pcs.
• Rice flour – 400 g.
• Kefir – 200 g.
• Baking powder – 0.5 tsp.
• Salt – 1 pinch.
• Sugar – 1-2 tbsp. l.
• Boiling water – 100 ml.
• Vegetable oil for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Add baking powder to kefir and stir. You can use the same amount of baking soda instead of baking powder.

2. Add eggs beaten with sugar and salt to kefir. The amount of sugar can be varied according to your taste.

3. Slowly stir rice flour into kefir and eggs. You will get a thick mass. Beat it with a mixer or just a fork, and let it sit for a while.

4.Boil 100 ml of water and immediately pour boiling water into the dough, stirring it at a fast pace. You can continue to use the mixer at this stage. The result will be a dough similar to liquid sour cream. If this degree of thickness is not achieved, add the necessary ingredients - dry or liquid - depending on the situation.

5. Heat a frying pan (it’s better to take a special one for pancakes) and sprinkle with vegetable oil. Fry the rice pancakes, turning them over to the other side when ready. To prevent rice flour-based dough from becoming too fragile, cover the pan with a lid and do not wait until the pancakes are deeply frying.

6. Serve rice pancakes well both for breakfast and as a dessert at any time of the day. Various jams, chocolate and peanut butters, and honey go well with them.

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