Malaysian Peanut Pancake Turnover (Apam Balik)

 by: Nur Syairah

Apam Balik is a sweet Malaysian peanut pancake turnover stuffed with a sugary, buttery peanut filling. It gets its name from the way the pancake is folded or ‘turned over’. It’s a popular street food freshly made in rows of brass pans in the late afternoons when hungry Malaysian would scour for food for tea time.

There are generally two versions of this pancake – the thick and the thin. The thin version is thin and crispy while the thick version (which is what this post is all about) looks like a thick honeycomb pancake. It’s soft and fluffy yet moist with a delicious sweet buttery filling inside. Both the thick and thin are my favorite. Both are equally delicious.