Sweet Pancake

Name: Sweet Pancake (Dora Yaki)
Yield: Makes 6-8 dora yaki pancakes
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 250 g/9 oz canned azuki beans; vegetable oil, for frying; pinch of salt; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp caster sugar; 65 g/2½ oz/5 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 15 ml/1 tbsp maple syrup or golden (light corn) syrup; 3 large (US extra large) eggs, beaten; 5 ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup water; 185 g/6½ oz/1⅔ cups plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted

Dora Yaki

Preparation info

Makes
6-8
dora yaki pancakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Cookbook

By Emi Kazuko and Yasuko Fukuoka

Published 2024

About

In Japan, the sweet bean paste is traditionally sandwiched between two pancakes to resemble a little gong, hence its name Dora Yaki; “dora” meaning a gong. Alternatively, the pancakes can be folded to make a half gong.

Ingredients

65 g/2½ oz/5 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar
3

Asia
Japan
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

To make the sweet bean paste, put the canned azuki beans and their liquid into a pan, then heat over a medium heat. Add the sugar gradually and stir the pan vigorously. Cook over a low heat until the liquid has almost evaporated and the beans have become mushy. Add the salt and remove from the heat. Stir for 1 minute, then leave to cool.