How to Make Sidewalk/Carbon Market style pancakes.

Despite the urge to diet, these past few days I have been longing to eat these pancakes sold on the streets. Glazed with margarine and sugar, they're attractively yellow, not to mention very cheap. Wherever you buy them, they always taste the same way. Is there some secret uniform recipe in making these waffle-pancakes?

Grace and I wanted to discover this secret. So we asked her aunt who used to make these. And we received an answer we didn't expect.

"Aye sus, harina ra man na, tubig, itlog, vanilla og coloring nga yellow."

Ngeek, is that it? So today we gathered these ingredients and experimented on the proportions (because Auntie Do unfortunately wasn't around today).

Here's what we came up with.

INGREDIENTS:

Flour
Egg
Water
Vanilla
Food Coloring (Optional)

1. First of all, sift the flour because there'll be some flour insects and larvae. But keep in mind that sidewalk vendors skip this step. We are quite sure that they are not using fresh flour (without insects) hence you're actually eating these disgusting things together with the pancake. Lol. No wonder it tastes so good. This must be the secret ingredient.

2. The proportions are 1:1:1, meaning, 1 cup flour, 1 cup water, and 1 egg. Combine these. We suggest putting more water, if you want to imitate the original sidewalk flavor. (Sidewalk vendors will put more water to save money.)

3. Blend white sugar, vanilla and food coloring into the mixture. We don't know how much you should put, just do it according to your taste.

4. Heat your cooking pan. Brush with oil. And then put in your mixture. 1/4 cup of mixture per pancake. Or however you like.

5. Brush the cooked pancake with margarine. And add sugar.

Here are the not so appetizing pictures.






























Conclusion:

Really, we didn't have any sifter the time we made this, but I didn't like the idea of eating worms, so I took out the insects and larvae using a spoon. Here's the pic:

It would be a lot better if you have a waffle grill. And try experimenting with other flavors (not just vanilla) and other colors. :D Although Steph has expressed her taste for the classic vanilla-flavored yellow ones.

That's all! :D