Yellow there, how have you been? Life gets to me and I am trying to do my best. The silver lining is that one of my friends who decided be a flight attendant is flying to Sydney which means I can ask her to bring down some item down to Sydney and get some back to me, hehe… Paul has been asking if any of my friends will be down any time soon since I still have things to sort out here. So he wants some Mie Goreng (fried noodles) that I love, Indomie, it still feels hurt whenever I remember how much I had to pay for 5 Indomie in Sydney. In Indonesia, I can get 4 Mie Goreng for A$1. I paid triple or quadruple the price. And mind you, it tastes nothing like Indomie in Indonesia. Duh… 😑
I have made this taro pancake as long as I remember. It used to be mum’s specialty but then I learnt to cook and developed my own flavour that actually a little different to what my mother used to make. She grated the peeled taro finely, mixed it with some yellow based paste (very common in Balinese and Indonesian cooking), MSG got into the mixture, sprinkled salt and then combined. Once the mixture was ready, heat the wok over medium high with loads of frying oil and then used spoon to scoop and let it fried until golden brown. Mum served it hot and it’s instantly vanished. Well, of course I make it that way to (without the yellow based paste and MSG) whenever I am craving foro greasy fried snacks to nibble on. Lately tho, I’ve had my lunch all greasy and oily and it feels way too heavy if I nibble on something greasy too. Thus, I decided to make it less greasy by using as little oil as I can, enough to grease the pan.
This taro pancake mixture can be cooked as wrap instead if you use larger pan, just thinly spread it over the greased pan and let it cook for a couple of minutes. You’ll have savoury gluten free wrap that you can add greens and protein that you prefer. It’s one complete meal if you use as a wrap. I think I caan use potato too, it’s starchy so basically it has similar texture and consistency. If anything, mix a bit of potato starch or maizena or tapioca to reach the right consistency. So, what do we need?
Ingredients:
- 100gr Taro, peeled and wash with salt to remove its slimy texture
- 2 stalks green onions/scallions (add more if you like)
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 red chili peppers (optional, you can use chili pepper powder too but be mindful as chili powder often taste stronger than fresh chili)
- 2tsp mushroom powder/chicken powder/MSG (optional, if you decided to use MSG please adjust the amount, you may need less since MSG has concentrated umami flavour that much stronger than regular mushroom powder)
- 1/4tsp coarse salt (I opted for regular sea salt since it has a much better flavour profile to cook wide range of foods, of course you may use table salt too, but adjust the amount accordingly)
- 1/4tsp ground white pepper
**In case you decided to skip the flavour enhancer at all, this pancake does just fine with salt and pepper to season.**
Instructions:
1. Chop peeled taro, small enough for food processor. Since I used smaller food processor, I kind of chop it much smaller to fit in. Add in chili peppers, garlic, ground white pepper, salt, and mushroom powder to the fod processor. Ground it finely.
2. Chop scallions and add into a mixing bowl.
3. Mix ground taro in the mixing bowl with chopped scallions, mix until well combine.
4. Heat your skillet/pan over a medium low heat. Grease lightly with cooking oil. Pan fry for 2 minutes each side, and then remove it from heat.
5. Serve it hot with or without dippingn sauce.
My favourite way of eating it (only if I don’t feel lazy) is with a classic dipping sauce of black vinegar, light soy sauce, a little sugar, chili powder (or chopped fresh chili peppers), finely grated garlic. Just mix it until well combine, then dip this taro pancake in. Sublime! For lazy days, I’ll go with whatever I could find or just eat it plain. Should you consider to have some soda with it, then cold Kombucha would be great or regular soda will do okay too. Simple, isn’t it?
What do you think? Would you like to try?
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