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Panikeke
Samoan round fried pancakes made from a simple wheat batter.
About Panikeke
Panikeke are Samoan round pancakes commonly eaten as a sweet snack or breakfast food. This profile follows the Polynesian Cultural Center's explicitly documented classic plain formula.
The simple wheat batter is lightly sweet, with a clean fried-dough flavour. Baking powder keeps the centres tender while the frying oil gives the outside a richer, toasted note.
Panikeke form small, irregularly round balls with deep golden-brown surfaces. Their thin fried crust gives way to a soft, close and slightly springy centre.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Panikeke
Samoan Classic Plain Panikeke.
- All-purpose wheat flourFried batter structure
- Granulated sugarSweetness
- Baking powderLeavening
- WaterBatter liquid
- Vegetable oilDeep-frying medium
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- All-purpose wheat flour:
- Granulated sugar: . The classic source says sugar; this profile fixes ordinary granulated sugar
- Baking powder: . The source does not identify the commercial baking-powder formula
- Water:
- Vegetable oil: . The source permits vegetable or coconut oil; this profile fixes vegetable oil, whose plant source or blend is not identified
Origins & food traditions
The Polynesian Cultural Center distinguishes its four-ingredient classic panikeke formula from newer egg-and-milk additions and supplies the full frying method used here. Samoa Tourism independently identifies panikeke as a popular Samoan sweet of deep-fried round balls, served plain or in variations.
Countries
- Samoa
- SamoaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Samoan Cuisine
- Polynesian Cuisine
- Samoan CuisineCatalogue link pending review