Martabak Manis (Terang Bulan)

Martabak Manis (Indonesian sweet thick pancake) is one of popular snack in Indonesia. It is also known as ‘Terang Bulan’ in Surabaya (East Java) or ‘Martabak Bangka’ in Bandung (West Java). You can easily find it along the streets in almost big cities in Indonesia as common street food that usually sold by street vendors in the evening.  

Ingredients

For wrapper

230 gr Self-raising flour

20 gr Tapioca Flour

375 ml Warm Milk

150 gr Sugar

2 Eggs

11 gr instant yeast

1 tsp Baking powder

Fillings

Sweet Condensed Milk

Sugar

Chocolate sprinkle

Shredded tasty cheese

Coarse Ground Peanuts (optional)

Margarine 

Directions

1.       Mix self-raising flour, tapioca flour and sugar.

2.       Mix yeast with warm milk, stir well. Add into the flour mixture and stir until well combine.

3.       Add in the eggs one by one while stirring continuously until well combine.

4.       Close the mixture using warm wet tea towel and put it in warm place (or in warm oven) for about 20 minutes until it is bubbling on top.

5.     Divide the mixture into four. Heat a teflon skillet (20 cm / 8 inch diameter) with low heat, grease the skillet with margarine. Pour in one part of the mixture. Put on the lid (best using glass lid as you could see what happen inside). Cook for about 10 minutes or until the top is full with holes and dry. Sprinkle some sugar, put on the lid for 5 seconds and take it away from the heat.

6.     Take out from the skillets and put onto a flat surface, grease the top with some margarine. Drizzle with sweet condensed milk, sprinkle with coarse ground peanuts, shredded cheese, chocolate sprinkle. Fold into half circle, spread the outside skin with margarine again and cut into 8 pieces.