fluffy and light Baghrir : Spongy semolina pancakes

Amour de cuisine · amourdecuisine.fr · 2026 · 10 pieces

Against 802 pancake recipes

No egg, unlike 92% of recipes and less leavening than 97%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 802 pancake recipes, per 100 g of flour.

No egg at all, where 92% of recipes use some (most of those 37 to 53% of the flour weight).
Less leavening than 97% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.4%, about half as much.
Less sugar than 86% of recipes: 5.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%, about half as much.
No fat at all, where 74% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 23% of the flour weight).

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

1 cup fine semolina (1 cup = 200 ml)≈ 237 g
Just under 1 cup plain flour (about 1 cup minus two fingers)n/a
1 tbsp sugar≈ 13 g
1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
1 tbsp dried yeast≈ 9 g
1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
450 ml warm water (plus/minus depending on how your semolina and flour absorb liquid)≈ 451 g

flour 237 gbatter 717 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 802 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.