Pancakes are a universal treat for tea that will please both households and guests. A minimal set of products and a variety of addition options (sweet sauces, honey, condensed milk, and so on) are two more advantages of the dish. They are also very simple and quick to prepare. We offer the most popular recipes for airy kefir pancakes.
Ingredients:
- kefir – 1 tbsp.;
- flour - 1 tbsp.;
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- apple (medium size) – 1 pc.;
- sugar – 3 tsp;
- salt – 0.5 tsp;
- soda – 0.5 tsp;
- vegetable oil – 2-3 tbsp.
- Mix eggs with sugar and salt in a bowl.
- In a separate container, combine kefir with soda (due to lactic acid, the process of quenching the salt occurs, which will provide the finished pancakes with the desired airiness and porosity).
- Combine both mixtures and mix thoroughly.
- Add sifted flour. It is better to do this gradually, in small portions or in a thin stream with constant stirring (to prevent lumps from forming).
- The finished dough should have a consistency similar to sour cream. It must be left for some time.
- While the dough is “resting,” peel the apple, remove the core and cut into small cubes (some chefs suggest grating it - a matter of taste).
- Add the prepared apple to the dough and mix.
- Add a little oil to a heated frying pan and heat through.
- Spread the dough using a tablespoon, forming pancakes of the desired shape (oval/round).
- When one side is well browned, turn over onto the raw side.
- Place the finished pancakes on a dish (you can stack them), let cool slightly, and then serve. Additionally, you can offer sweet sauces, condensed milk, jam, honey or sour cream (served in a separate bowl).
Ingredients:
- kefir – 500ml;
- flour - 2 tbsp.;
- soda – 1 tsp;
- sugar – 4 tbsp;
- vegetable oil – 5 tbsp;
- salt – 2-3 pinches.
Preparation:
- Pour room temperature kefir into one container, and mix all the dry products into another.
- Combine the contents of two bowls and bring until smooth (the appearance of the dough should resemble sour cream).
- You can bake the pancakes immediately after kneading the dough. Place the dough into a frying pan with oil using a tablespoon. The pan should be hot.
- When they are well baked on one side and the characteristic golden color appears, turn them over to the other.
- Place the finished pancakes on a plate with a clean waffle towel or paper napkins (so that they absorb excess oil).
- You can serve it by optionally offering honey, sour cream, jam or sweet sauces, and fresh berries.
Ingredients:
- kefir – 400ml;
- flour – 300-350g;
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- sugar – 3 tbsp;
- dry yeast – 12g;
- salt – 2 pinches;
- vegetable oil – 0.5 tbsp.
Cooking process:
- In a bowl, mix kefir with yeast and sugar. Bring the mixture to a homogeneous consistency.
- Beat in the eggs, add salt and mix.
- Pour the sifted flour gradually into the resulting liquid mixture with constant stirring (this will avoid the formation of lumps).
- Cover the finished dough and leave for 15 minutes (preferably half an hour) in a warm place.
- When the dough is ready, you can start baking the pancakes. Spoon the dough into a heated frying pan, pre-greased with vegetable oil.
- Bake until golden brown on each side with the stove on medium heat (high heat will make them raw, low heat will make them too greasy).
- Pancakes are served warm. Separately, you can place bowls with jam, jam, honey, sour cream or any other addition to your taste on the table.
Ingredients:
- flour – 2.5 tbsp;
- kefir – 500ml;
- soda (can be omitted) – 0.5 tbsp;
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- salt – 3 pinches;
- sugar – 2 tbsp.
Step-by-step cooking instructions:
- In a large bowl, mix kefir with eggs and beat with a whisk. The resulting mass should have a uniform consistency and uniform color.
- Salt the mixture, sweeten it and add soda to it (optional). Stir until the grains dissolve.
- The mass must be left warm and first covered with a lid or cling film to allow it to rise. In terms of time, 15-30 minutes will be enough.
- Add sifted flour to the mixture in small portions, or pour in a thin stream. It is important to stir constantly to avoid lumps.
- The finished dough can be portioned with a tablespoon, placing it in a well-heated frying pan with oil.
- The pancakes should be baked at medium heat on the stove, and turned over to the other side only after the first one is well browned and baked.
- The pancakes are served slightly cooled (any dough dish is not recommended to be eaten hot).
Ingredients:
- egg – 1 pc.;
- kefir – 1 tbsp.;
- flour – 150g;
- sugar – 1 tbsp;
- salt – ¼ tsp;
- vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
Cooking process step by step:
- Beat the egg with a whisk or mixer, adding sugar and a little salt as you go.
- Pour kefir into the egg mixture and stir.
- Add flour to the resulting mixture and bring until smooth. It is better to add in small portions or with continuous stirring in a thin stream. It is recommended to sift the flour first.
- Cover the dough and let it stand in a warm place (cover with a lid or film to prevent it from airing) for 20 minutes.
- Bake in a preheated frying pan with vegetable oil over medium heat. Turn over to the raw side only after the first one is well baked.
- Cool the finished pancakes a little, then serve.
Ingredients:
- kefir – 200ml;
- egg – 1 pc.;
- zucchini (medium size) – 1 pc.;
- flour – 8-9 tbsp;
- little vegetable - 3-4 tbsp;
- soda - a pinch;
- ground pepper - a pinch;
- sugar - a pinch;
- salt - a pinch.
Step-by-step cooking process:
- Beat the egg into a bowl, sweeten and salt, beat lightly.
- Mix kefir with soda, combine with the egg mixture.
- Grate the washed zucchini on a medium-sized grater. If necessary, squeeze lightly (if there is a lot of juice).
- Add the grated vegetable to the bowl with the egg-kefir mixture and pepper. If desired, you can add other spices, as well as finely chopped herbs.
- Add previously sifted flour. When adding, you must stir constantly to avoid lumps.
- The resulting dough of homogeneous consistency can be placed in a frying pan using a tablespoon. The pan should be well heated and oiled.
- After the pancakes are fried on one side, turn them over to the other. Add a little oil if necessary.
- Can be served warm or cold. Separately, you can offer sour cream, tomato or other sauce.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese – 150g;
- kefir – 1 tbsp.;
- egg – 1 pc.;
- flour - 1 tbsp.;
- sugar – 2 tbsp;
- soda – 1/3 tsp;
- salt;
- vegetable oil – 5 tbsp.
Preparation:
- Beat the egg into a bowl, add salt and sugar. Lightly beat the mixture with a whisk.
- In a separate container, mash the cottage cheese so that all the lumps are broken.
- Mix the contents of the bowls and bring until smooth.
- Pour in kefir and stir.
- Sift the wheat flour and gradually add it to the resulting mixture. It is important not to interrupt mixing, which will avoid the formation of lumps.
- Heat a frying pan with oil and place the dough on it using a spoon.
- When the pancakes are baked on one side (a golden brown crust forms and bubbles appear on the raw side), turn them over.
- Serve the finished pancakes warm or cold. You can use fresh berries or pieces of fruit as decoration. Pancakes go well with sour cream, honey, jam or sweet sauce, condensed milk.
Ingredients:
- kefir – 250ml;
- flour – 350g;
- banana – 1 pc.;
- sugar – 2 tsp;
- natural vinegar (apple) – 2 tbsp;
- soda – ¼ tsp;
- vegetable oil – 5 tbsp.
Preparation:
- Finely chop the banana (without skin).
- Grind the banana pulp (it is better to choose a slightly overripe one, or at least fully ripe) with sugar.
- Beat the egg into the banana puree and use a whisk to bring the mixture to a homogeneous consistency.
- Pour in kefir (it’s better to take one percent) at room temperature, stir.
- Pour in the sifted flour while stirring constantly to avoid lumps. If desired, you can add ginger, nutmeg or other spices at this stage.
- Quench baking soda with lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. Add it to the dough and mix.
- Heat a frying pan, pour oil into it and wait until it warms up. Spoon out the dough.
- Pancakes are baked on both sides until golden brown with medium heat on the stove.
- Serve warm (they are delicious cold too). Various sweet sauces, preserves, marmalade, marmalade or condensed milk complement pancakes well.
Ingredients:
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- flour - 1 tbsp.;
- kefir – 300ml;
- soda – ½ tsp;
- Russian cheese (or other hard varieties) – 100g;
- sugar – ½ tbsp;
- vegetable oil – 5-6 tbsp;
- greens (dill, parsley) - to taste;
- salt - a pinch.
Step-by-step cooking process:
- Pre-prepare the products: remove kefir from the refrigerator, finely chop the herbs, grate the cheese.
- Beat the eggs into a bowl, add salt and pepper and pour in kefir at room temperature. Mix the mixture well and add soda at the end.
- Add pre-sifted flour into the resulting homogeneous mass while stirring. It is important not to stop stirring, then there will be no lumps.
- Add chopped cheese and herbs. Mix.
- You can spread the dough into the pan using a spoon. But before this, you need to warm up the frying pan with oil well and switch the heating of the stove to medium power.
- Bake until golden brown, then turn over and bake until done.
- Cool the finished pancakes slightly and serve with sour cream.
Pancakes are a delicacy well known to every housewife. In many families, this hearty and delicious pastry has long become a “mandatory” breakfast dish. Some people prefer to bake it with the addition of sodium bicarbonate, some like pancakes without soda, and others prefer exotic recipes with fresh fruits, vegetables or cheese.
Baking soda is a popular ingredient in many culinary creations. It serves to loosen the dough, as if “fluffing” it, which gives the mass fluffiness and friability. However, sometimes sodium bicarbonate is not available. But don’t despair - even in this case, there are many recipes for delicious scones without soda and vinegar.
Remember - to prepare delicious baked goods, it is important not only to replace soda in pancakes with suitable products, but also to use premium wheat flour, and also maintain the correct proportions so that future baked goods do not turn out too dense or crumble during frying.
This fermented milk product is an excellent substitute for sodium bicarbonate. Thanks to natural fermentation and the presence of yeast, the “kefir” leavening reaction in kefir pancakes will be no worse than the reaction of soda powder. Here are some recipes:
Fluffy kefir-yeast flatbreads without eggs
Lightly heat 1.5 cups of kefir or unsweetened yogurt. The higher the fat percentage of the kefir drink, the more satisfying your treat will be. Pour 1 teaspoon of yeast and 2-3 tsp into the heated base. granulated sugar. It is necessary to stir until the components are completely dissolved, then the mixture is covered with a towel and put in a warm place for 10-15 minutes. Stir the flour into the mixture, leaving the resulting “gruel” for another 30-40 minutes.
Apple-cinnamon treat without yeast or soda
An excellent option for original and quick pastries for tea or a holiday table. Beat 3 eggs with 2 tbsp. sugar, lightly salt. Mix 0.5 l into the egg solution. kefir and 300 gr. flour, add a pinch of cinnamon, mix long and thoroughly. Take 2 sweet apples, peel them and cut them into thin slices. Place the apples in the dough, knead and start frying.
Orange pancakes with kefir
The airiness of this dish is achieved through the use of baking powder, which can completely replace soda. Heat 2 tbsp. kefir drink, pour 3-5 grams into it. baking powder. Then beat 2 eggs, combine them with kefir and 250-300 gr. wheat flour. Add orange zest to the mixed mixture - orange peel, grated on a fine grater. The finished dish is best served with honey or sour cream.
Pancakes with milk without soda
The most delicate milk pancakes without soda will surprise you not only with their taste, but also with their ease of preparation.
Milk-yeast treat
In order to prepare it, you will need to heat 150 ml. milk. Then pour it into a deep container, pour in salt, granulated sugar and 5 grams. dry yeast. Gradually mix 0.5 kg. flour, bring the mixture to a homogeneous state without lumps. Place in a warm place for 40-50 minutes, then fry in vegetable or butter.
Baking soda is considered an indispensable product in cooking, without which no baked goods can be done, but some housewives still argue that, for example, pancakes can be cooked without soda. Whether they will turn out just as tasty and fluffy without leavening powder is a very interesting question that requires detailed consideration.
The most famous area of use of baking soda is, of course, cooking. This product is known to both adults and children, since it is always present in the kitchen of every home. Soda is a white, finely crystalline powder, characterized by good solubility in water, slightly alkaline reaction and the absence of toxins in its composition.
The substance is used in the baking process as a leavening agent and is also widely 
confectioners use when creating their confectionery masterpieces. To make the dough not only fluffy, but also light and porous, experienced housewives not only add soda, but first quench it with vinegar or citric acid. Due to the reaction with the acidic environment, salt, water, and carbon dioxide are released, which gives the dough friability.
In addition, baking soda is used in the following cases:
- to soften tough meat;
- when creating carbonated drinks;
- to get a fluffy omelette;
- for the purpose of sweetening fruits and berries;
- for transparency and aroma of tea and coffee.
Sometimes it happens that all the ingredients necessary for baking are in place, but a seemingly small and not so important product like soda is not at hand. This makes you wonder whether it’s worth starting the preparation, whether the homemade product will turn out tasty, fluffy and at the same time pleasant to look at. Let's look at the example of pancakes.
When preparing fragrant and fluffy pancakes, you can actually do without soda, 
replacing it with the following products:
- baking powder;
- yeast (including dry yeast);
- kefir;
- mineral water.
An equally important condition when creating this dish is the use of a good quality frying pan, the use of wheat flour, as well as the correct proportions of the dough, the consistency of which should be similar to thick sour cream.
Pancakes without soda and yeast
When baking pancakes, you can do without baking soda and yeast. For this case, in culinary practice there are 2 main options, one of which involves obtaining fluffy flatbreads, and the other - thin ones, so often found in American films and gaining popularity in Slavic countries.
Fluffy pancakes using baking powder
The main ingredients in this recipe are the following products: milk (one and a half cups), flour (2 cups), eggs (2 pieces), sugar (2 tablespoons), salt (1 pinch is enough), baking powder (tablespoon), and sunflower oil oil for frying.
First of all, you need to prepare a bowl for kneading the dough - it is best if it is a deep bowl. You need to break the eggs into it, and then add salt, sugar and stir the resulting slurry thoroughly. Next, you should gradually introduce three-quarters of the prepared volume of milk, also gradually add flour and baking powder, accompanying these steps 
with constant stirring. The final stage is adding the remaining milk.
The readiness of the dough can be easily determined by its consistency, which should look like thick sour cream. The dough should be poured into a heated frying pan in small portions, taking into account the fact that the flatbreads will grow during the frying process due to the added baking powder. The cooking time is usually about 2 minutes - this is enough for the pancakes to have time to acquire a golden crust.
While the dish is being prepared, you can prepare a plate in which the flatbreads will be placed: the bottom can be covered with a paper napkin, which will help remove excess fat from the baked goods. Ready-made pancakes are recommended to be served in combination with sour cream, jam or preserves.
Thin yeast-free pancakes without soda
This recipe allows you to get thin and tender flatbreads, which you may like even more than traditional fluffy pancakes. Ingredients for cooking: flour (one and a half cups), milk (2 cups), eggs (2 pieces), sugar (2 tablespoons), vanillin (teaspoon), salt to taste, as well as sunflower or olive oil for frying.
The baking scheme is simple: first you need to heat the milk without bringing the process to 
boiling. Then beat in the eggs and slowly add flour, salt and vanillin. After thoroughly stirring the resulting mixture, you can begin frying, which requires no more than 2-3 minutes.
Pancakes made without the use of soda and yeast are otherwise called lean. In fact, a dish can be made very tasty and unique even without these seemingly irreplaceable products. To do this, you just need to add some other components that will add their own special flavor to the taste. Such products can be apples, pears, honey and even pumpkin. There is nothing complicated in adding this nuance: just pour honey into the resulting dough, and if we are talking about fruits and vegetables, then they should be crushed using a blender and also added to the finished dough, and then fried according to the standard scheme.
Popular step-by-step recipes
Recipes for pancakes made from soda-free dough don’t end there. There are many preparation schemes that differ from each other in their base, which can be kefir, milk or even water. Let's look at some of them.
Pancakes with milk
Tender and fluffy pancakes baked with milk will delight loved ones at breakfast not only with their taste, but also with their beautiful appearance, and there is no need for baking soda at all.
Milk pancakes with yeast
To prepare them, the following products will come in handy: warm milk (150 ml), 500 grams of flour, a few tablespoons of sugar, 5 grams of dry yeast, and a pinch of salt. 
You need to prepare flatbreads with milk in this way:
- Heat the milk and pour it into a deep bowl, adding salt, sugar and yeast.
- Gradually add flour, stirring the mixture constantly.
- Leave the container with the dough in a warm place for 40-50 minutes.
- Start frying.
Milk pancakes with banana
Banana pancakes will add variety to your usual diet, making breakfast tasty and unforgettable, especially for small family members. You will need: a glass of flour, one egg, 80 ml of milk, a few tablespoons of sugar and a couple of bananas. 
Knead the dough according to the following steps:
- Break the egg, adding sugar and bananas.
- Beat the mixture with a mixer until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.
- Add flour and stir the resulting dough.
- The final stage is frying the pancakes until golden brown.
Pumpkin pancakes with milk
Probably not many people love and prefer pumpkin, but pumpkin pancakes will please almost everyone. Not only is this a very tasty dish, it is also healthy due to the large amount of vitamins contained in the vegetable used. Pancakes with pumpkin will definitely interest vegetarians, as well as people watching their figure and sticking to a diet. So, the necessary products: a glass of flour, a glass of milk, 70-80 grams of butter, a few tablespoons of sugar, a little salt and cinnamon, a bag of vanillin, 
300 grams of pumpkin pulp.
Cooking steps:
- First you need to prepare the pumpkin by washing it and removing the peel and seeds.
- Then add a little baking powder and cinnamon, salt, and sugar into the sifted flour.
- Next, melt the butter and pour into the prepared mixture.
- You also need to add chopped pumpkin into it.
- The last step is adding a glass of milk and vanilla.
The pancake dough is ready.
Kefir pancakes
An excellent alternative to milk pancakes are kefir pancakes, which can also be prepared without soda. Thanks to the fermentation characteristic of kefir, as well as the addition of yeast, the flatbreads will turn out no less fluffy and appetizing.
Kefir-yeast pancakes
To make such a dish you will need a minimum of ingredients: one and a half glasses of kefir, one egg, a few tablespoons of sugar, a little salt and cinnamon, a teaspoon of yeast.
Preparing the dough:
Well-risen dough is an excellent basis for obtaining fluffy and beautiful pancakes that can be served in combination with sour cream, butter or jam.
Apple and Cinnamon Pancakes
Another option for unusual and quick baking for tea drinking is apple pancakes with cinnamon, which require a small amount of ingredients and minimal time. All you need is half a liter of kefir, 3 eggs, 300 grams of flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar, a pinch of salt and 2 apples. 
The preparation steps are as follows:
- First of all, you need to break the eggs and pour salt and sugar into them, rubbing these components well.
- The next stage is adding kefir and gradually introducing flour.
- Next, you need to wash and peel the apples, cutting them into thin slices.
- After placing the apple slices in the dough, add cinnamon and start frying.
Orange pancakes
The splendor of such flatbreads is achieved due to the baking powder present in the recipe, and the unusual taste is obtained thanks to the orange zest added to the dough. The ingredients needed to create the dish are: 2 cups of kefir, 2 eggs, a few tablespoons of sugar, a little salt, 250-300 grams of flour, about 3-5 grams of baking powder and a couple of oranges.
Let's start preparing the dough: 
- Add baking powder, sugar and salt to kefir.
- The eggs should be driven into a separate bowl and beaten with a mixer or blender until fluffy foam forms.
- The beaten eggs need to be combined with the kefir mass, adding flour to it.
- The final step is adding orange zest obtained by grating.
These pancakes are sure to please and be remembered, especially if you serve them with honey.
Pancakes on the water
Surprisingly, delicious pancakes can be prepared not only without the participation of the main culinary leavening agent - soda, they can even be baked without using milk or kefir. This is an excellent option for those who are pursuing the goal of losing weight and seriously care about their figure. Here are some recipes.
Yeast pancakes on water
Required products: 300-400 grams of flour, a few tablespoons of sugar, 500 ml of water, 20-30 grams of yeast, a little salt and vanillin.
Baking such pancakes is not at all difficult, for this you need: 
- Dissolve sugar and yeast in warm water, stirring the ingredients until a characteristic foam appears.
- Add salt and vanilla sugar.
- Add flour, gradually stirring the mixture.
- Leave the resulting pulp in a warm place for about half an hour.
You can start frying immediately after the dough has risen. And in order to remove excess sunflower oil from the finished products, you need to place the pancakes on a thick paper napkin.
Water pancakes using baking powder
This is, perhaps, one of the budget recipes known in cooking, which involves a very narrow range of ingredients needed for baking flatbreads. The dough for such pancakes can be prepared from one glass of flour and the same amount of water, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 5 
gr baking powder.
Pancakes are made very simply:
- You need to add the specified amount of baking powder to the flour.
- Next, gradually add water, constantly stirring the resulting thick mass.
- The last step is adding sugar and, if desired, honey.
The secret of fluffy pancakes
Now it has become clear that not only soda can add fluffiness and fluffiness to pancakes, and if you know about some of the nuances and secrets of preparing pancakes, you can achieve good results, expressed in an even more airy product. 
By strictly following these tips, relying on recipes proven by numerous experiences, you can create a real culinary masterpiece in the form of lush and aromatic pancakes, the composition of which does not even imply the presence of soda, which is so common in using this dish. The main thing is to approach the baking process in a good mood, and then everything will definitely work out!
Flour products appeared in Russian cuisine in ancient times. What our ancestors did not prepare to please themselves and their loved ones. The most popular were pies, pancakes and pancakes. As a rule, they were prepared from sour dough with sourdough, and a little later - with yeast. Our modern version is kefir pancake dough.
The classic recipe for pancake dough with kefir is with baking powder, but not all housewives are in a hurry to add soda. The recipe for our dough for homemade pancakes is without soda and yeast. Whipped chicken eggs act as a leavening agent. You will also need flour, sugar, salt and vegetable oil for frying. Eggs and kefir should be warm.
So, let’s prepare fluffy pancakes with kefir without baking soda or baking powder...
Break the chicken eggs into a bowl.
Let's start whisking with sugar and salt.
While whipping, add kefir.
We continue to beat.
Now comes the torment. Reduce mixer speed. Mix flour with kefir dough until completely homogeneous.
The kefir dough without soda is ready. Let it sit in a warm place for 30 minutes.
If you place a small plastic ladle on the surface of the dough, it will not sink. Pancake batter has a thicker base than pancake batter.
So, let's go fry kefir pancakes. Heat up the frying pan. Add vegetable oil. Heat the oil. Pour the dough into the pan with our small ladle. We have the shape of round cakes, which we fry until golden.
Turn it over. Fry until golden brown on the other side, and at the end we get fluffy kefir pancakes without soda.
We serve hot pancakes for tea for breakfast or for an afternoon snack.
Delicious and fluffy pancakes with milk are the dream of any housewife. The classic recipe for making pancakes may contain baking powder or baking soda. I would like to suggest baking pancakes with milk without soda, but with beaten chicken eggs.
To prepare pancake dough, take the ingredients from the list.
To make the pancakes fluffy, we will use beaten chicken eggs as a baking powder - separate yolks and whites. Let's separate them from each other by placing them in different containers.
Pour the milk into a bowl and heat it slightly, let it be lukewarm.
Beat egg yolks with sugar. The mixture should almost turn white.
Add the yolks to the milk.
Let's mix. Let's add a little salt.
Add wheat flour.
Let's mix. Let's let the dough sit for a while.
Separately beat the chicken whites. The mixture should be fluffy and can slide out of the bowl without getting dirty.
Add the protein mass to the dough.
Mix carefully so that the whites do not fall off. If you scoop some dough into a small plastic ladle and place it in a bowl, the ladle will not sink. This is the consistency of the dough for our pancakes.
Heat up the frying pan. Pour in vegetable oil. Fry the pancakes on both sides in well-heated oil over medium heat.
Lush pancakes made with milk without soda are ready! How tender they turned out...
Invite guests for tea. Serve pancakes with berries, sour cream or jam.
