Mango pancakes from Hong Kong

Mango Pancakes
Mango pancakes are a light, sweet dessert popular in southern China, especially in Hong Kong. They are very different from breakfast pancakes. These are thin, soft crêpe-style pancakes filled with fresh mango and whipped cream, then folded into a small, golden parcel.

Mango pancakes became popular in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s. Because mangoes grow well in southern China, the fruit quickly became the star ingredient. Today, mango pancakes are a classic item in Cantonese dessert cafés.

You can find excellent mango pancakes in Hong Kong and in southern cities like Guangzhou. A well-known dessert chain is Hui Lau Shan, famous for its mango sweets, including mango pancakes.

Simple Mango Pancake Recipe (about 6 pancakes)
Ingredients
1 cup (240 ml) milk
1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3 eggs
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons melted butter
1–2 ripe mangoes, cut into strips
1 cup whipped cream (for filling)
Steps
In a bowl, mix the milk, eggs, sugar, and melted butter. Add the flour and cornstarch. Stir until the batter is smooth. Heat a lightly oiled pan over low heat. Pour a small amount of batter into the pan and spread it thinly. Cook for about 1 minute, then remove. Let the pancakes cool.

Place whipped cream and mango strips in the center. Fold the pancake into a small rectangle.Chill before serving for the best taste and texture.

Vocabulary

Whipped cream - cream that is beaten until it becomes light and fluffy.
Example: The cake is topped with whipped cream.

Взбитые сливки
Cornstarch – a fine white powder made from corn, used to make food thicker.
Example: Add cornstarch to make the sauce thicker.

Кукурузный крахмал
Strips - long, thin pieces of something.
Example: Cut the mango into strips.

Полоски
Melted butter – butter that has been heated until it becomes liquid.
Example: Mix the melted butter into the batter.

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Vocabulary for the video

To scoop – to take something up with a spoon or similar tool.
Example: Scoop the whipped cream onto the pancake.

Зачерпывать
To whip something – to beat a liquid, usually cream or eggs, until it becomes thick and fluffy.
Example: Whip the cream until it is light and soft.

Взбивать
(to be at) stiff peaks - a stage when whipped cream or egg whites are so thick that the peaks stay up and do not fall.
Example: Whip the cream until it is at stiff peaks.

До плотных пиков
To fold - to mix ingredients gently by turning one part over another or to bend something in order to cover it
Example: Fold the cream into the batter.

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