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Martabak Manis

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Martabak Manis

Dessert
⏱ 40 min
👥 Serves 4
Difficulty ⭐⭐

A thick sweet pancake stuffed with chocolate, cheese, and condensed milk — an Indonesian street treat.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Martabak manis (sweet martabak) is a thick pancake cooked slowly until riddled with bubbles, then spread with butter and condensed milk and filled with toppings like chocolate spread, cheese, and peanuts. It's folded thick and cut into pieces, and night market stalls often let you choose several toppings.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a night market, the cook watches the batter bubble up on the griddle, and steam rises as it's sliced.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Mix flour, yeast, sugar, egg, and milk into a smooth batter and let rise for about 1 hour.

  2. Stir in the baking soda.

  3. Pour into a heavy frying pan, cover, and cook slowly on low until the surface is full of bubbles.

  4. Spread with butter and scatter with chocolate spread and cheese.

  5. Fold in half, drizzle with condensed milk, and cut into pieces.

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