Chinese scallion pancake

A scallion pancake is a kind of pancake made with green onions. In Mandarin, it’s known as cong you bing. It’s hard to tell where it was first created, but many of these tales point to Shanghai in northeastern China. It’s a popular breakfast flatbread in China. The scallion pancake greatly resembles an Indian paratha.
Chinese scallion pancake
A scallion pancake is a kind of pancake made with green onions. In Mandarin, it’s known as cong you bing. It’s hard to tell where it was first created, but many of these tales point to Shanghai in northeastern China. It’s a popular breakfast flatbread in China. The scallion pancake greatly resembles an Indian paratha.
Steps
- 1
Place all the dry ingredients, besides green onions in a mixing bowl
- 2
Add hot water and oil first and mix roughly for a minute
- 3
Then pour in the cold water and knead into soft pliable dough
- 4
Rest the dough covered aside for 20 minutes
- 5
Use this time to clean and finely chop the green onions
- 6
After resting period place the dough on the working surface or rolling board
- 7
Dust some flour and reknead the dough to make it slightly firm
- 8
Make batches of handful of dough ready to be rolled flat
- 9
Without adding much flour for dusting roll out a handful into square/round shape as desired
- 10
Next brush 1 ts oil on the surface and add a generous amount of green onions
- 11
Gently Start rolling into cylindrical log
- 12
Now fold/roll into a circle and rest aside while you create the rest of the rolls with the remaining dough in similar fashion
- 13
Flatten the roles sough using your hand slightly and roll into a disc again using some flour dusting if needed
- 14
Heat oil in a non stick pan and spread it evenly and place the flat bread on it
- 15
Cook on both sides on medium-Low heat till done and take off heat
- 16
Serve hot with soy sauce or any spicy sauce of your choice
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Tip: You may choose to serve after cutting in pizza like cones with at sauce
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