Feb 11, 2011

CRUMPET - NOT PAN CAKE

Crumpet s are pan fried English muffin like tea time bread. These crumpets look like pan cakes but recipe is different and the texture too. Crumpets have a little chewy and spongy texture with many holes on top and a flat top.Crumpets are generally eaten hot with butter, marmalade,peanut butter or with cheese melted on top.There is difference between English muffins and crumpets.English muffins are baked and eaten as a break fast,Crumpets are pan fried and served at tea time.There is a difference between pan cake and crumpet, pan cakes are made with flour, eggs, baking powder and crumpets are made with flour,milk and yeast

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To day is 3 rd day of blogging marathon and I am little late to post to days post for marathon.to day is friday the only day I get for shoping for vegetables so I went for my week end shopping. Brought some butter beans,mushrooms orange and red capsicum... any way let's see what our friends are doing to day......
Srivalli,
Azeema, Bhagi, Champa, Gayathri Anand, Gayathri Kumar, Harini, Jay, Kamalika, Meena, Mina, Padma, PJ, Priya Mahadevan, Priya Suresh, Priya Vasu, Rujuta, Santosh, Saraswathi, Savitha, Shanavi, Smitha, Sowmya, Suma, Usha, Veena
For this crumpets you need 1 inch deep.3 &1/2 inch round crumpet rings if you don't have this rings can use scone or pastry cutters. I don't have both of them so i didn't get the shape, but the texture and taste of my crumpets are same I think:)



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INGREDIENTS:---

Flour --- 3 cups
Active dry yeast --- 2 tea sp
Warm water -- 2&3/4 cup
Sugar ----- 1 tea sp
Salt --- 1&1/2 tea sp
Milk powder --- 2 tab sp
Bicarbonate of soda --- 1 tea sp
Warm water --- 2 tab sp
METHOD:---
1.Combine yeast, sugar and one cup warm water in a mixing bowl mix well,cover with aplastic wrap and leave it in a warm place for 10 minutes.
2. Shift flour, milk powder,salt in to a mixing bowl, make a well in the center add yeast water,remaining warm water and mix in to a thick batter again cover, leave it in a warm place till risen and bubbly this will take 1 hour.
3.Mix soda and 2 tab sp of water, add this soda mixture to dough mix wll to combine every thing cover and leave in a warm place for 15 minutes.
4.Heat a heavy bottom pan in a low flame,spray little oil coat the crumpet rings and place then on the pan.


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5. Pour the batter in to the rings till 3/4 of the ring cook in a very low heat for 5 minutes by the time you can see the holes on top of the crumpets and the dough appears dry.

6. Remove the ring slowely, turn the crumpet over and cook for few seconds to drown the top and remove from heat and cool on a rack.
Make sure thet your heat should be very slow other wise the bottom of the crumpet will turn in to dark
Generally crumpets are soft and nice golden brown color base and characteristic holes all over the surface.
So be care full with the heat.
Enjoy the crumpets with tea...
This is my one more entry for A.W.E.D-BRITISH at Reva s Kaarasaaram event by DK
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27 comments:

Champa said...

Nice ones. I haven't made crumpets since I don't have the rings for it.

Meena Thennaapan said...

lovely to see so many British recipes.
Simple difference makes a dish unique

MySpicyKitchen said...

Wow! I did mistake them for pan cakes..

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Priya Suresh said...

Crumpets looks sooooo delicious, feel like having some..

Ihsan Welfare Trust said...

Looks fabulous!

Unknown said...

beautiful recipe..its just like our aappam...thanks for sharing

Pavani said...

Very interesting dish. Never heard of it before, but they look fluffy and yummy.

Shanavi said...

wow...super soft and this one is bookmarked dear

Saraswathi Ganeshan said...

Nice recipes.....

Santosh Bangar said...

new and looks like north's bhatura but very nice dish

Unknown said...

They look so spongy.

Srivalli said...

Beautiful Padma..very nice knowing about the differences..

Unknown said...

never thought of making crumpets...we always buy them...i will try this at home!
Smitha
http://smithasspicyflavors.blogspot.com

Kannada Cuisine said...

Reminds me of aap dose :)

Cham said...

Just awesome, love the way it came out!

Unknown said...

new to me..sounds good

veena said...

WOW!!!those litle holes are so cute. BOOKMARKED MAM!!!!!!!

Abhilash Pillai said...

i try indian dosa cakes and pal appam cakes for breakfast ;) The english versions appear good.

Will try this someday at home

Jayashree said...

It looks a lot like uttappam, doesn't it???

Gayathri Kumar said...

Very yummy crumpets..

Mina Joshi said...

Wow you are a wonderful cook!!

Indian Khana said...

Looks yum ..love tht platter with tht cuppa

Shama Nagarajan said...

nice one dear,,yummy

Harini said...

I thought they were pan cakes too..Good one..

Padmajha said...

Looks so spongy!

KrithisKitchen said...

Great distinction from pancakes... Love the bubbles and the texture.. Sure should have been good..

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KrithisKitchen said...

Great distinction from pancakes... Love the bubbles and the texture.. Sure should have been good..

http://krithiskitchen.blogspot.com