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All Breakfast Recipe of the Week

The Nigerian Crayfish Pancake

Happy Shrove Tuesday people a.k.a Pancake day. I haven’t made pancakes in ages because it is one of those things you have to eat with people. My Pancake memories are linked with people lining up and waiting for each Pancake from the pan, so to make a jug for just me or maybe my flatmate, just doesn’t cut it. Pancake is for sharing, pancake is communal, pancake is for family, pancake is for friends, and this post is about my friend Funmi. My personal, person, person, person. I tend to be friends with people much older than me, old soul my mother calls me, but in one of those very rare moments, I connect well with someone my age and Funmi is one of those people, and like I did with Labake, last year, I am doing this with Funmi. For the benefit of anyone who reads this, we are not cooking partners, we are great friends, friends who are direct and open with each other, no drama. If you have a problem with that, tough.

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Funmi and I were talking about pastry, and she said ah, let me tell you about Nigerian Pancake. I said yeah, the kind of Pancakes my Mum makes. She said nope, this one is different, you will use seasoning cubes, crayfish, onions and pepper. I know about people adding onions and chopped pepper to pancake batter, but seasoning cubes and crayfish? On my way home, I thought hell naw!!!!! Seasoning cubes and crayfish with eggs and milk, what in the world. Seconds after, it gelt like my alter ego was speaking to me, saying, really Dunni!!!!, You of all people should not have that attitude to “weird ingredients”, in a traditional recipe. I remember laughing at myself, and with Pancake Tuesday approaching, I knew I was going to try it.

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Like with making stew, the taste of the finished product, can be traced directly to the taste of the raw components. The second I tasted the batter, I thought whooooooa!!!! OMG!!!! This is soooooooooo nice. I fried the first pancake, and it disappeared in seconds, oh wow. I loooooooooooove.

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My mother still makes the best Pancakes, oh yes she does. I mean, if I can make it for a Le Cordon Bleu trained Chef (who pancakes to him must be like boiled rice to us) and he said Dunni, that is one of the best pancakes I have ever eaten in my life. Anytime the talk of Pancakes come up, Chef Fregz still says mehn, Dunni those your pancakes, when are you coming back to Lagos to make them for me again. I mean, my head was swelling on my mother’s behalf, and when I told her, you should have seen the biggest grin on her face. So, let us agree that she makes THE BEST SWEET pancakes (recipe HERE), but this, is THE best SAVOURY pancake you will ever try. The fact that seasoning cubes and crayfish paired so well with eggs, milk and flour, you can imagine the other Nigerian ingredients I am going to be adding to Pancake. In fact, my head has been brimming with ideas all morning.

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The Nigerian Crayfish Pancake
Author: Dunni Obata
Recipe Category: Breakfast
Prep time:  5 mins
Cook time:  15 mins
Total time:  20 mins
Serves: 3
 
This is a savoury pancake made with unusual traditional Nigerian ingredients, that create a flavourful and tasty pancake
Ingredients
  • I used the recipe for my mother's pancake HERE (except the butter and lemon rind)
  • 1 seasoning cube
  • Crayfish - ground or whole
  • Chopped Onions
  • Chopped ata rodo - scotch bonnet/habanero pepper
Instructions
  1. Break the eggs into a blender, add milk and the crayfish
  2. Add Sugar, Salt, seasoning cubes, dry pepper, flour and blend till smooth
  3. Once the batter is smooth, pour into a bowl and add chopped onions and pepper
  4. Heat up a little oil in the frying pan, add a ladle spoonful and fry
  5. Because they are savoury pancakes, I though oooooh, I can make a simple sauce with chopped onions, chopped pepper, a little belnded pepper and whole crayfish. I tossed them around in a pan with a teaspoon of oil and poured over the pancakes.
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Will you be trying these pancakes out this weekend, oh you better, because trust me, these are goooooooooood, No scratch that, greeeeeeeeaaaaat!!!!! That was breakfast today, complete with freshly brewed coffee. Yaaaaay to Shrove Tuesday 2015.

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  1. AvatarDera says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:00 pm

    DOOOONNNNEEEEYYYYYYYY…………How am i meant to watch my weight with this?

    Reply
  2. AvatarAnnie says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:42 pm

    I must try these tomorrow.

    Reply
  3. AvatarLola says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    Fit fam out of the window oo….Am so trying this over the weekend..

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      February 17, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Out of the window for me too. Lol

      Reply
  4. Avatarmelody says

    February 17, 2015 at 10:14 pm

    I really don’t know what to say! The way you combine your recipe is unimaginable and God will bless the work of your hand.

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      February 17, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Aaaaaw, thanks

      Reply
  5. AvatarJane says

    February 18, 2015 at 7:37 am

    this is good Dooney. thank you,will sure try this

    Reply
  6. Avatarjumoke says

    February 18, 2015 at 9:20 am

    Doooooney o!!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for your gift and for employing it to help the less ‘privileged’ in kitchen skills like me. I tried mummy’s crepes on my husband, and he wasn’t moved. This morning, when he was rushing out, I quickly stopped him to serve him this, something he wasn’t too happy about. By the time he was done with the first pancake, he requested that I should wrap a 2nd one for him to take along. Believe me…that is the best compliment ever, coming from my husband. Thanks a lot for keeping me fresh in the kitchen. I always seem to have one surprise or the other to dish out, in spite of my busy and long days…. God bless you soo much!!!

    Reply
  7. AvatarUdees says

    February 18, 2015 at 9:35 am

    Made some pancakes over the weekend but all I did was add some grated nutmeg, cinnamon and melted butter. Will definitely try these next weekend. Your creativity in pushing boundaries never ceases to amaze me. :o)

    Reply
  8. Avatarcilla says

    February 18, 2015 at 10:47 am

    I remember this we called it diet in owerri. Don’t know why. Lol will definitely try this today see if it tastes the same

    Reply
    • AvatarEkene says

      February 23, 2015 at 10:57 am

      ooh yea it was diet back in the days in Owerri and it sold like*snapsnap* that….those good old days.thanks Dooney

      Reply
  9. AvatarOmolade says

    February 18, 2015 at 11:30 am

    There’s never a dull moment with you Dunni. Nicely done.

    Reply
  10. AvatarShayo says

    February 18, 2015 at 11:55 am

    Awww Dunni, not fair.. i made pancakes this morning, then got to work and saw this…..will have to make this tomorrow then…thanks Dunni for all your effort.

    Reply
  11. Avatarnteplenty says

    February 19, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    I am reading this at break time at work and I cant wait for work to be over to try this for dinner tonight!!!!!! I am always excited about weird recipes.

    Reply
  12. AvatarNelo says

    February 19, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    I make crepes/pancakes with Maggie, thyme, salt, chopped pepper and onions (as taught me by my neighbours during my service year). The taste is always out of this world. Will definitely be trying this your version this weekend. Thanks so much dooney

    Reply
  13. AvatarSeunfunmi. says

    February 20, 2015 at 7:25 pm

    Dooney oooooo…… I just tried this pancake now. The taste is yummy….girlfriend you sure rock..

    Reply
  14. AvatarEkene says

    February 23, 2015 at 11:00 am

    Dooney your food presentation is first class.Brilliant!

    Reply
  15. AvatarYetunde Ogunbiyi says

    March 8, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    Interesting….definitely trying it out

    Reply

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