BLINI (PANCAKE)

Blins or blini were symbolically considered by early Slavic people in pre-christian time as a symbol of the sun due to their round shape. Traditionally Russian Blini are made with yeasted batter, which is left to rise and then diluted to cold water or boiling water or milk. Traditionally Blini is baked in Russian oven. The process of cooking blini is still refereed is to baking in Russian, even though these days usually they are universally they are pan-fried like pancakes. Lets try out this traditional cooking process with some Indian fusion cooking i.e   

Chicken Blini

Ingredients

Refined flour                            200 gm
Egg                                          03 no.
Honey                                      20 ml
Salt                                          5 gm
Milk                                        250 ml
Olive oil                                 10 ml
Baking Powder                      2 gm







Method:

• Mix eggs, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl until thoroughly blended 

• Add milk, flour and honey to the mixture and mix well

• Mix it well withe the help of whisker, make sure that there where no lumps in the mixture

• Add olive oil to the batter mix it well, leave it for 10- 15 minute

• Pre-heat pan & grease it with olive oil, pour batter onto it

• Cook on one side until golden then flip the blini over and brown the other side

• Stuff  blini (pancake) with shredded chicken tikka roasted in tandoor

• Serve it along with mint chutny or sour cream.