Tianjin

Jianbing

Name: Jianbing
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1/2 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 3 tbsp ground to a fine flour moong dal (split yellow mung beans); 2/3 cup water; a pinch salt; 2 tsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 2 egg; 1 tsp black or white sesame seeds; 2 stalks chopped spring onion (green onion, scallion); a handful chopped coriander leaves (cilantro); 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp (or sweet bean sauce) hoisin sauce; 1 tbsp red chilli sauce; 2 papads roasted (stands in for the fried cracker) urad papad; 2 leaves lettuce

China's favourite street breakfast: a crisp, saucy, eggy crepe folded around a crunch.

30 minTime

17 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Breakfast from a street cart2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayThin crepe with egg, sauces and a crisp cracker, folded on the griddle.

The original

361kcalsame

17 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

30minutessame

Jianbing guozi, street style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)½ cup

Moong dal (split yellow mung beans)3 tbsp, ground to a fine flour

Water⅔ cup

Salta pinch

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tsp

Egg2

Sesame seeds1 tsp, black or white

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, chopped

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful, chopped

Hoisin sauce1 tbsp plus 1 tsp (or sweet bean sauce)

Red chilli sauce1 tbsp

Urad papad2 papads, roasted (stands in for the fried cracker)

Lettuce2 leaves

Method

5 steps

1Whisk the flour, ground moong, water and salt into a thin, pourable batter. Rest 10 minutes.
2Heat a wide tawa, wipe with oil, pour a ladle of batter and spread thin in a circle.
3Crack an egg on top, break the yolk and spread it over the crepe. Scatter sesame, spring onion and coriander.
4Flip. Brush with hoisin and chilli sauce.
5Lay the papad and lettuce on top, fold the sides in and then in half again. Serve hot.

Serve it like this

Fold into a neat parcel, wrap in paper and eat standing up, or cut in half on a plate with soy milk or hot tea alongside.

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Jianbing

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