Watching my tomato and chilli seeds sprouting and growing up everyday for the last few months has been quite phenomenal because it just feels like I’m bringing up little kids, haha. Due to the inadequate conditions of my make-do ‘concrete gardening plot’ at the lift lobby outside my apartment, my tomato and chilli seem to be taking longer than expected to mature. So I decided to plant something that’s really easy to grow…
Shallots!
So now I can get a regular supply of spring onions which I use a lot in my cooking. Even though spring onions are super cheap to buy from the supermarket, there’s nothing more satisfying than growing and harvesting my own.
With my last batch of harvest which was quite a big bunch, I decided to make spring onion pancakes for afternoon tea.
Spring Onion Pancake Recipe
Ingredients (makes 4 pancakes)
250g plain flour
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp sea salt + extra as seasoning
160ml water
a bunch of spring onions (approx. 150g) , finely chopped
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil + extra for pan-frying
Instructions
1. Combine the flour, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl. Gradually add water and stir till a sticky dough forms.
2. Scrape the dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead into a ball. Cut the dough into 4 equal parts.
3. Using a rolling pin, roll out each portion of dough as thinly as possible.
4. Lightly brush the surface with olive oil and sprinkle over a tiny pinch of salt. Arrange the chopped spring onions on top.
5. Starting from the bottom end, roll the dough up into a strip.
6. And curl the strip up into a spiral shape.
7. Press down the spiral and roll out the dough flat into a circular shape.
8. Heat some oil in pan and pan-fry the pancake till golden brown and crispy on both sides.
Use a pizza cutter to slice up the pancake and serve with sweet chilli sauce if you like 🙂 Come, let’s dig in!
By the way, do not throw away the shallot bulbs if you’re growing your own spring onions. They can be replanted back into the pot like what I did.
Give it another 3-4 weeks, you will get another batch of spring onions for more pancake-making, lol 😉
Lovely!
Thank you! 🙂
Wooooow looks amazing! I love spring onions!
thank you! do give this recipe a try 🙂
This is a great share!! And nothing like having fresh produce from your kitchen garden that you can cook with:))
absolutely agree with that! 😉
Super cool! I love spring onion pancakes, one of my favourites! Must be so fun to grow your own spring onions!
oh yes, it’s quite fun actually especially when it’s my first gardening experience 🙂 straight from soil to pan – so fresh, i love it haha 🙂
hmm, simply damn delicious and comfoting spring onion pancake!!!
i literrary growing up with this…
Haha, nice 🙂 It’s one of my favourite snacks – simple comfort food!
Love it! And thanks so cool about growing your own!! I don’t have much of a ‘green thumb’ but looks like these babies grow themselves lol!! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Yep, it doesn’t take much effort to grow spring onions, lol and the best thing is, they grow very fast!
Awesome! 🙂 Looks super-good!
Thanks Jackie 🙂
Very creative.
thanks!
Wow…savory spring onion pancakes sure sounds and looks delish!!And absolutely nothing like using fresh produce from backyard garden and cooking with it! oh boy !u must b feeling proud!!
I am! 🙂 Spring onions grown with love and pancakes made with love are the BEST! 😉
Totally agree 🙂
Looks amazing! Thanks for the great posts and inspirations. I’m traveling to Singapore while standing in my kitchen!
thank you 🙂