Perfect Nigerian Pancakes, TIPS, TRICKS and MYTHS _ Flo Chinyere

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My people eight years ago , I uploaded a Nigerian pancake recipe on this my channel .

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Eight years later , it's still going strong .

But you guys have been asking for an update .

Yeah , because I didn't talk on that video .

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That video was made from my website where I have the written recipes .

So I that time there was no need to talk in the video .

Yeah , but today I'm finally going to bring you my sexy IBO voice to this Nigerian pancake recipe .

Here you have these few ingredients .

Nigerian pancake recipe does not require a lot of ingredients .

You need 500 g of flour .

That's £1 of flour .

That's about 3.5 cups .

Yeah , you need half a cup of evaporated milk .

One third of a cup of sugar .

This is granulated sugar , three eggs for this quantity of flour .

Some salt , some dry cayenne pepper .

It's ground add to your taste .

This one , I will show you the quantity you add for the salt .

One liter of water .

I will write on the screen .

How many cups ?

This is , this is one liter of water , vegetable oil for frying .

This is sunflower oil , vegetable oils in Nigeria can do the job .

Well , any tasteless and other less vegetable oil will keep the classic taste of Nigerian pancakes intact .

This one is a hand mixer .

It's just necessary in case you don't get a smooth pancake batter .

But not to worry , I'll show you how to get a good pancake mix without help from a hand mixer or any other thing .

It's good practice to crack your eggs one by one in case there is a bad one .

Pour about one third of the water .

That's how to get a smooth pancake mix .

Then sift the flour .

See how I'm turning it from the middle so that it will take the flower bit by bit .

No , the consistency it's at now you can easily crush the lumps .

But if we have added all the water , no way the lumps will be swimming in there making it difficult for you to crush it .

I'm sick .

No lumps .

Then we add the milk sugar .

If you feel this sugar is too much for you , reduce it .

This is the perfect sugar for us .

Then add pepper this one to your taste .

Some people add fresh habanero pepper , they chop it up and add it's still OK .

Just know that you , the pancake will have bumps in it .

It won't be smooth .

A small quantity of salt .

That's a small quantity of salt like that .

Just enough to turn down the sugar a bit .

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Going to little .

This is the basic Nigerian pancake .

Some people like to add onions .

If you want that , you can add onion powder or chopped fresh onions .

So the key to getting a good mix is add a bit of water , mix it , well , add another one , mix it .

Well , at this point , if you didn't get a smooth butter , you can use this to whisk it , then you get a perfectly smooth butter .

We like our pancake .

Very light .

That's why I'm using all that water .

Feel free to use a little bit less water .

But the pancake will be bo bo bo bo .

That's it .

Perfect Nigerian pancake .

But but if at this point , you still are not happy with the smoothness .

You can use this and this pass this through a sieve .

I showed this in my cooking hacks video to catch the few lumps .

Dip it in like this .

Keep staring , keep stirring , you stir it , you stir it .

Who can tell me the reference are making you stare it .

You stare it .

Nothing .

We person I've not seen on this youtube all my nine years on youtube .

Nothing .

We person never see .

I've seen it all on this youtube .

Mm Hey New youtubers complaining that youtube is hard .

Try doing youtube in 2011 , 2012 .

You , you , you go , here you go here and when there was no information about how to , I did videos .

Any information on youtube there was nothing like that then , but we still manage to upload content and came out strongly and still upload until today .

The kind of complaints I hear these days , a lot of people that are complaining today , if you're complaining today , that means that you couldn't have been able to do youtube back in .

And now you have all the information you need to succeed on youtube for free .

At least you know that you can make money from it .

That that's enough to ginger your slack .

But in those days there was no incentive to make videos .

Yeah , we make videos next .

You need a bow with a sharp edge like this .

See how sharp it is .

It makes it easier when pouring the pancake butter into the frying pan .

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Don't mind this bowl .

It looks old but it's not old .

Somebody put it in the microwave oven .

So the microwave fried it like this is not old .

I've tried to buy a new one that has a sharp edge , but they don't seem to have it anymore .

They only have this type .

You see this one ?

It has a carved edge .

This one is not good for pouring it into the pan .

It makes a mess .

So you need this kind of bow .

That's the trick for pouring it .

So I transfer some there .

So this is my rig up for fry it .

I have the bowl of pancake mix .

I have the vegetable oil here .

I have a flat plate here with a spatula .

That's what you need .

So to add my p of vegetable oil , you don't need too much .

I will tell you what adding too much causes to the pancakes .

Turn on the heat .

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For heat .

My cooker , the heating levels of my cooker is from 1 to 6 .

I start with five to heat it up quickly .

You can also put it on six , but I fry on four to get the best results .

There's a myth that the first pancake you fry is never good .

Is it true ?

Is it , is it ?

Let me know in the comments .

Mm .

Let's see if the first one will turn out .

All right .

OK .

With the hopes that my first pancake will be perfect .

Let me try and explain the physics behind that myth that the first one is never right .

It's because for the first one , we do not have the patience to wait for the heat to be evenly distributed on the pan .

There are some frying pans .

Uh You will see they have this red thing in the middle .

That's a heat indicator .

When it changes color , you can confirm that it has gotten a , an overall heat , you know , I don't know .

Yeah , an evenly distributed heat so you can start frying whatever you want to fry .

But with this one , we just need to wait , be patient .

Let it heat up very well before you add your first pancake .

This first pancake .

Don't shame your sister here .

Hey , don't shame me .

Make sure you are good .

But , but that's the , that's the science behind it .

Usually we don't wait long enough .

We just pour and by then the heat is not evenly distributed .

That's why the first one is bad .

The second one is good because by then it has gotten a good heating .

Ok .

Let's keep our fingers crossed .

I have gotten a good hit .

I can see a little bit of smoke coming out .

Yeah .

So just in case it is overheated , I lift it up from the stove before pouring in the , the mix .

Slowly one spot .

See what happens when you add too much oil .

The edges are jagged that you can correct that by pouring in some , you use some techniques to cover your sins .

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Yes .

Ok .

Right now I've turned the heat down to four .

Then you wait , wait till it kicks .

You can see that this part has kicked that .

This part hasn't kicked if you pour the right amount of thickness for the pancake .

By the time this part cakes , all of it cakes under the pancake will not burn .

So if it's too thick , the under will burn before all of them cakes .

In fact , you don't want your pancake thick .

Please don't do it .

It's not , I don't know it , it doesn't get a good fry .

The inside doesn't get a good fry .

So try and make it very light nearly there .

Let's stick your people anyway to see what the is doing .

See .

No , you can flip it if you're using the right type of frying pan .

This is nonstick frying pan , you shouldn't stick to the pan .

See you .

So how do you rate this first pancake ?

How do you , how do you , have you liked this video yet ?

Have you , have you uh the this part being darker than this part is just because of the the way the rings are hitting it .

It doesn't make a difference .

Yeah .

Alright .

Give this video a thumbs up right now because you can see that I've bust the meat of the first pancake not being good .

Ok .

You keep dipping and checking it until the under is as good as you want it .

This is how we want our pancakes .

This brown .

If you want it more golden or more brownish like chocolate brown , you keep going .

Yes , then got another one .

Lift the top .

That's what I normally do in the middle and once it gets to the edge , stop pouring because if you pour anymore , it will become too thick , then cover your sins again .

Nigerian pancakes .

Yeah , that's the question the most frequently asked question in my other video .

Why is it Nigerian pancakes ?

This is just grabs .

Nigerian pancake is made with all purpose flour .

I don't know if I mentioned it when I was telling you the ingredients .

We don't use , uh , self raising flour because self raising flour makes pancakes .

Fluffy .

I don't like fluffy pancakes .

Sorry .

It's not , it's , it feels like bread .

Yeah , because some people add baking powder or something like that .

No , I don't , I don't , I don't like it .

I enjoy pancakes .

Try it with all pepple , like exactly the way I did it and come back and tell me which one is tastier .

Fluffy pancakes and dry .

The fluffy pancakes are dry as well .

Oh , no , I can't eat it .

Sorry .

And they don't contain pepper .

The pepper helps me eat it .

I enjoy it more .

So that's really how to make pancakes .

Yeah .

Uh , I will just finish frying this one and show you the end result .

Ok .

I love the different designs on each of them .

Each one with its own character .

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There you have it .

The perfect Nigerian pancakes .

Not fluffy .

Not dry .

It's moist in the mouth .

Smooth and supple .

It should look good .

Not burnt as long as you're not scrolling endlessly on social media .

Yeah .

That's it .

Very easy .

Few ingredients you can add more to your own .

We are going to have it with oatmeal .

You can have it with a , you can have it with hot chocolate .

You can add fruits .

Yeah , you can have it with yogurt .

Yeah .

Yogurt .

You can have it with a smoothie .

Oh , my God .

Yeah .

Yeah .

So many things you can eat with this .

Meal .

Bye bye .

See you soon .

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