Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Martabak Mini (Mini Pancake)

A week ago, I was at a bus station when I saw a man selling Martabak mini on a cart.
Here in Indonesia, we have 2 kind of Martabaks (sweet and salty).

Martabak Mini is the mini size of the original Sweet Martabak (the diameter size is about 35 cm). Sweet Martabak is actually sweet thick crepes/thick pancakes - often filled with cheese, chocolate, or ground peanuts. Main ingredients are flour, water, eggs, baking soda and margarine.


Martabak Mini with chocolate sprinkler and banana.

Martabak Mini with chocolate sprinkler and ground peanuts.

Folded.
Final touch, brushed the Martabak mini with margarine.1 Martabak mini costs Rp. 700 (about USD 0.50).


By the way, this early morning, I decided to make mini pancakes ;)

My own mini pancake creation:
3 tbsp flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 egg

Mix altogether then fry on a mini pan.

Less than 10 minutes, 4 slices of mini pancakes are served to be eaten with homemade strawberry jam.

A perfect breakfast to start my birthday :)
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50 comments:

  1. JustinJuly 22, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    very interesting. i've never heard of these before.

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  2. HairyBerryJuly 22, 2009 at 8:01 AM

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SELBY!!! have a great day today and every other day!

    i like mine drizzled with syrup. yummy! :D

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  3. LoriJuly 22, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    Happy Birthday to you! These look so good. Yours turned out great!

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  4. AnonymousJuly 22, 2009 at 8:52 AM

    Happy Birthday to U! Wishing you a sweet birthday!

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  5. Chef EJuly 22, 2009 at 9:06 AM

    OH Happy Birthday to You! I love those pancake/crepe ladles, and wish I had some now...

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  6. AnonymousJuly 22, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    Thank god, I just had my breakfast... It looks very tempting...

    By the way...


    HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY!!! :)

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  7. Christo GonzalesJuly 22, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY SELBY - these little pancakes are addictive I am sure!

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  8. MicaJuly 22, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    Happy Birthday, sweet Selby! I love your mini pancakes, so cute!

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  9. Jason WongJuly 22, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    Happy Birthday to you!

    Mine is on the 27th.

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  10. Jason WongJuly 22, 2009 at 9:23 AM

    It looks like our "Ban Chang Kuih". The traditional ingredients are just ground peanut, sugar(white or brown), cream corn and or egg. But these days, many more filling stuffings have been created, like tuna salad, hams, dried fruits, etc.

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  11. email2meJuly 22, 2009 at 9:28 AM

    This looks like Malaysian Apom Balik and ours are filled with shaved coconuts.

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  12. worldwindowsJuly 22, 2009 at 9:28 AM

    Happy birhtday! I enjoyed the sweet martabak you featured in 2006 once a while but very sinfully rich.

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  13. CK LamJuly 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    It's a bit of Ban Chang Kuih but folded as Apom Balik...really interesting.
    Btw...Happy Birthday to you (slightly belated greetings)

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  14. J2KfmJuly 22, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    i tot you meant Murtabak, the indian delight, pancake with meat stuffing served with curry.
    but it looks more like our APOM.

    one of the best, and lightest snack. :)

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  15. GloJuly 22, 2009 at 11:47 AM

    Happy Birthday Selby! and thanks for sharing some birthday delights with us. Mini pancakes look delicious ~ is there really only 3 tbsp of flour? I hope you have a super day!

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  16. Rosa's Yummy YumsJuly 22, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    Happy Birthday, Selby! Those mini pancakes look so scrumptious, mmhhh!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  17. EatTravelEatJuly 22, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    This sounds so fantastic! So many great fillings and so nicely presented :). Happy birthday Selby! Have a great day.

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  18. foodbinJuly 22, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    happy birthday-nice pancake!

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  19. SelbaJuly 22, 2009 at 3:52 PM

    justin: It’s pancakes ;)

    nic: thank you for the b’day wish, Nic :) Yummm… syrup is also nice for pancake.

    lori: thank you, Lori :)

    simplegirl: thank you, SimpleGirl :)

    chef e: thank you, Chef E :)

    placesandfoods.com: hi there, thanks for dropping by and also the b’day wish :)

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  20. SelbaJuly 22, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    doggybloggy: thank you, doggybloggy :) Yup… quite addictive, hehe…

    mica: thank you.. thank you, Mica :)

    Jason: thanks, Jason :) Wow… only 5 days distant!

    Ban Chang kuih? Sounds like bachang (the glutinous rice), hehehe… The filling sounds nice.

    email2me: Shaved coconuts? Is it sweet or salty?

    worldwindows: thanks, worldwindows! Oh.. yeah, totally very sinfully rich, hehehe :)

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  21. SelbaJuly 22, 2009 at 4:02 PM

    ck lam: thanks, CK! What’s the different between ban chang kuih and apom balik?

    j2kfm: We do have similar to “murtabak” which we called it as Martabak asin or salthy martabak but without curry :)

    glo: thank you, Glo! Yes, only 3 tablespoons of flour which the serving will be only 4 mini pancakes ;) Enough only for one person, hehehe

    rosa: thank you, Rosa :)

    ETE: thank you… thank you :)

    foodbin: thank you, foodbin :)

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  22. Food For TotsJuly 22, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Selba!! May all your wishes come true! What a sweet beginning on your birthday! ;)

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  23. ♥peachkins♥July 22, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    Happy Birthday Selby!
    You know what, we also have that mini-pancake here and I'm also planning on posting those..hahaha..

    anyways, your has banana and choclate sprinkles,ours are just plain with margarine.

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  24. UnknownJuly 22, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    Happy Birthday to you, sweet lady!! I hope it was wonderful. These mini pancakes look wonderful and Id love some with coffee, wanna join me?

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  25. AdamJuly 22, 2009 at 7:09 PM

    I love the little pancakes like that. I've never thought to use ground peanuts before, that sounds wonderful.

    Happy Birthday!

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  26. carisoJuly 22, 2009 at 7:59 PM

    Lovely pancake sprinkled with chocolate.:)

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  27. SelbaJuly 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM

    FFT: thank you, LK :)

    peachkins: thank you, peachkins! Wow, same mini pancakes? must be interesting ;)

    donna: thank you, Donna. Yummm... mini pancakes with coffee sounds perfect :D

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  28. SelbaJuly 22, 2009 at 9:58 PM

    adam: thanks, Adam :) Yes, ground peanuts added the crunchiness, so yummy with the chocolate sprinkler.

    cariso: and also yummy ;)

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  29. FaithJuly 23, 2009 at 3:21 AM

    Happy birthday to you! I hope you have a wonderful day! These mini pancakes look like a great way to start the day!

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  30. Mary BergfeldJuly 23, 2009 at 6:58 AM

    Happy Birthday. I hope you had a truly marvelous day.

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  31. Little InboxJuly 23, 2009 at 7:45 AM

    Similar to Apom Balik?

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  32. backStreetGluttonsJuly 23, 2009 at 9:14 AM

    Your version looks fresh and crisp while ours look soggy and no good ! called murtabak which we avoid !

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  33. CikiJuly 23, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    happy birthday woman!

    matarbak sounds like murtabak! so cute.. i want pancake!

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  34. Monica HJuly 23, 2009 at 10:17 AM

    Happy Birthday Selby! What a sweet treat to celebrate with.

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  35. SelbaJuly 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    faith: thank you, Faith :)

    mary: thank you, Mary :)

    little inbox: I think so...

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  36. SelbaJuly 23, 2009 at 10:40 AM

    BSG: oh.. you all don't like murtabak?

    cumi & ciki: thank you, cumi & ciki :) *hands a plate of pancakes*

    monica: thank you, Monica :)

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  37. UnknownJuly 23, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    Happy Belated birthday! ^-^

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  38. SelbaJuly 23, 2009 at 1:04 PM

    food paradise: thank you, food paradise :)

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  39. Babe_KLJuly 23, 2009 at 3:56 PM

    happy belated birthday Selby!!!

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  40. SelbaJuly 23, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    babe_kl: thank you, babe_kl :)

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  41. Clumbsy CookieJuly 23, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    I've never seen a Martabak, ut it looks absolutely delicious! And so do your mini pancakes!!!

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  42. SelbaJuly 23, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    clumbsy cookie: thanks :)

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  43. KerstinJuly 24, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    Happy Birthday!! Those little pancakes look SO delicious!

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  44. SelbaJuly 24, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    kerstin: thank you, Kerstin :)

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  45. Rebecca SawJuly 24, 2009 at 11:57 PM

    so cute!!
    pancakes are alws my fav! cnat wait for u to be here..we can bake toge and makan toge!!

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  46. SelbaJuly 25, 2009 at 12:06 PM

    TNG: Whoaaa... sounds a great idea of fun to bake and eat together! Hope the day will come soon :D

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  47. AngeleJuly 27, 2009 at 1:56 AM

    I can't believe I actually miss your birthday :( I'm so sorry!!
    Happy belated birthday Selba. I hope you had a great one :)

    Kisses

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  48. SelbaJuly 27, 2009 at 8:06 AM

    angele: It's ok.. no worries! Thank you, Angele :)

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  49. pisang goreng 115,NFJuly 31, 2009 at 4:37 PM

    aiseh
    i'm soory I didn't check the rest of your post.
    this coz i just got new internet line.
    yes that's why i been missing in 2 month.

    so this is martabak mini....
    we called it lempeng here.

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  50. SelbaJuly 31, 2009 at 9:03 PM

    pisang goreng: hi there, long time no see! I've been wondering but no worries at all, so glad to see you again :) How's the new internet line? Guess what? finally, I'm using a broadband internet connection since last May, so bye-bye to the snail dial-up internet connection, hehehe...

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