Blini ~ Russian Pancakes

This month, as a part of the International Food Challenge, our host Sara bought us some delicious Russian cuisine along. Russia is a country that we have learned so much about in our history classes, from how once it used to be called USSR, and the split, and so on and so forth… believe me, I would not like to sound like a history teacher now! When I say history, I just remembered my teacher back in school. I used to be the only one wide awake in her class, while everybody used to sleep, since I used to love history and was never able to understand how all others could hate it! Hehe… Due to this reason, I was her favorite till I completed school – obviously!

From the list provided, as usual, I went for something that was really easy to make. These Russian pancakes, called Blini, is usually served during the Maslenitsa festival before Lent, with a filling that can range from sour cream, caviar, jam, etc. I had these pancakes just like that, without any accompaniment – that good these were! I devoured them with a mug of hot chocolate over a lazy Friday morning and ended up with a happy tummy. 🙂 Off to the way I made it… Recipe adapted from here