Martabak Manis| Sweet Martabak| Sweet Thick Pancake

Sweet martabak or martabak manis is one of authentic Indonesian sweet snack or camilan that I love and one of the famous street food in Indonesia. Martabak Bangka, Martabak 99, Martabak Terang Bulan and many more is just some of the famous brand of martabak. Back in Jakarta, you can find the martabak food stalls in every single corner of street. In my home in Serpong, you can just call or text messaging the ‘abang-abang’ or the seller and get the martabak delivery to your door. Hmm.. I wish this could happen in Sydney.. 😀

       My home made sweet martabak

Here in Sydney, you can find this sweet martabak, but only in some places like in Chinatown or some area. Since I’m new here, and live in Rockdale, 15 minutes by train to city, and suddenly I craved this sweet tasty fatty gooey sweet martabak, I decided made this on my own, home made, by my magic hand. *SUPER DROOLING* And I remember, one of my high schoolmates, Christa, posting the recipes on Facebook, and I change a little bit about the ingredients. So here’s the recipes..

Martabak Manis | Sweet martabak or Sweet Thick Pancake

Bahan-bahan: | Ingredients:

500 gr tepung terigu | 500 gr plain flour
150 gr gula pasir |150 gr sugar
2 butir telur, kocok lepas | 2 eggs, beaten off
650 ml air dingin | 650 ml cold water
1 sdt baking powder | 1 tsp baking powder
1 sdt ragi instan | 1 tsp instant yeast
1 sdt vanilla essence | 1 tsp vanilla essence
½ sdt garam  | ½ tsp salt
1 sdm margarine, cairkan | 1 tbs margarine or butter, melted
Coklat meises | chocolate sprinkles
Kacang tanah atau almond, potong-potong atau yang lebih mudah bisa menggunakan selai kacang | peanut or almond, chopped or peanut butter jam for the easy simple way
Biji wijen | sesame seed

Cara membuat : | Cooking method :

• Ayak tepung terigu | Sift flour
• Campur dalam mangkuk besar : tepung terigu yang sudah diayak, gula pasir, garam,  ragi instan. Aduk rata | Mix in large bowl: sifted flour, sugar, salt, instant yeast. Stir well
• Masukkan telur yang sudah dikocok dan margarine yang sudah dicairkan. Aduk rata | Put beaten eggs and melted margarine into the mixing bowl. Stir well manually or use mixer with medium speed
• Masukkan air dingin sedikit demi sedikit sambil aduk adonan sampai tercampur rata dan lembut | Pour the cold water gradually while stirring the dough until well blended and creamy
• Masukkan vanilla essence, aduk rata | Put the vanilla essence into the mixing bowl and stir well
• Terakhir masukkan baking powder dan diamkan ± 1 jam | Finally enter the baking powder and let stand ± 1 hour
• Setelah ± 1 jam aduk kembali adonan | After ± 1 hour, stir the dough back
• Panaskan wajan datar anti lengket dengan api panas, oleskan margarine pada permukaannya | Heat a non-stick flat pan with a high hot stove, spread margarine on the surface
• Tuang adonan sebanyak 1 cangkir teh atau sesuai selera (tebal atau tipisnya sesuai selera) | Pour the dough by 1 cup of tea or to taste (thick or thin according to taste)
• Kecilkan api, tutup wajan (sebaiknya gunakan tutup kaca agar mudah melihat adonan) | Lower the heat, cover the pan (use a glass lid so you can easily see the dough)
• Bila sudah ada gelembung-gelembung pada permukaan adonan, taburi dengan gula pasir dan tutup kembali wajan | When bubbles exists on the surface of the dough, sprinkle with sugar and close the pan
• Setelah matang (cek permukaan dan bagian belakang adonan agar tidak gosong) angkat | Once cooked (check the back surface and the dough to prevent burning) lift the martabak
• Potong martabak menjadi 2 bagian. Olesi permukaan dengan mentega asin | Cut into 2 parts. Spread the surface with salted butter
• Taburi permukaan martabak dengan coklat meises, kacang tanah cincang (saya sendiri menggunakan kacang almond cincang yang sudah disangrai) atau keju parut (karena saya tidak terlalu suka keju dan kebetulan sedang tidak ada di kulkas, jadi saya skip keju) dan biji wijen yang sudah disangrai. Kemudian lipat menjadi 2 bagian dan potong-potong sesuai selera | Sprinkle with chocolate meises or chocochips, chopped peanuts (I am using chopped almonds that have been roasted) or grated cheese (because I do not really like cheese and happened not to be there in the fridge, so I skip the cheese) and sesame seeds have been roasted. Then fold it into 2 parts and cut according to taste
• Olesi kembali permukaan dengan mentega | Spread the back surface of martabak with butter
• Selamat makan! | Bon appetite

Sweet martabak with peanut butter, chocolate sprinkles and sesame seed

My home made Crepes with two different filling..

While doing my work, designing room layout for this Backpacker Hostel in Myanmar, I am craving for some sweet snacks. I browsing on the internet about some simple and easy to make sweet snack.

Since I missed Indonesian food and snack, I starting browsing on the internet about Indonesian sweet snack like, martabak manis or sweet martabak (ooh just writing this right now, my mouth instantly drooling again), panekuk or pancake and kue dadar or crepes. Sweet martabak is not easy to make I think (totally gonna try made this some other time). I don’t really like pancake.. Hmmm.. I remember, yesterday I bought 2 pack fresh strawberry from Coles, it’s discounted (YAAY!). After opening my fridge and find the ingredients, I decided to make crepes with strawberries – raisins caramel sauce.

Making crepes is really simple and easy to make. I don’t need the sophisticated kitchen appliances, just some large bowls to stirring flour dough, non-stick pan and my super speed manual mixer – my nippy hand. I’ve done this back in my home town, Jakarta. So, I guess it will be no problem.

I need about 20 minutes preparation and 10 minutes for cooking time. But it depends on your super speed manual mixer hand! Here are the recipes.

Ingredients :

CREPES
50 gram plain flour
25 gram corn flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
200 ml milk
2 egg yolk
1 egg white
1 tablespoon gram butter, melted

FILLING
4 tablespoon sugar
50 ml hot water
25 gram corn flour
150 gram strawberry, cut into small pieces
2 tablespoon raisins
2 tablespoon peanut butter and chocolate sprinkles for fillings

Cooking Direction :

FILLING
1. Boil water with strawberry pieces, stirring until strawberries crushed, set aside.
2. Cook sugar until caramelized. Add water little by little. Stir until well blended. Enter strawberry that has been cooked. Cook, stirring frequently until bubbling. Set aside.
3. Add some water to corn flour, stir well. Pour the corn flour liquid to the cooked strawberry. Stir until well blended and thickens. Turn off the heat.

CREPES
1. Mix plain flour, corn flour, and salt in large bowl. Stir well. Set aside.
2. Mix milk and eggs. Stir well. Pour a little into the flour mixture, stirring until smooth. Add melted margarine. Stir well.
3. Heat a non-stick pan to a medium heat. Pour the flour dough. Make a thin crepes. Do it until the dough runs out. Set aside.
4. Take one crepes. Add strawberry sauce, and raisins or peanut butter as you like, then fold it into 2 parts. Fold again into a triangle form.
5. Don’t forget to add some garnish from fresh strawberries.. 😀

Yummm.. yuuuuum..

               – My home made Crepes –