Pan bati

Description

Pan bati is a lightly sweetened cornmeal and flour pancake from Aruba. It is a staple side dish accompanying many Aruban meals. The name of the dish, pan bati , means beaten bread , referring to its flat shape. Although it is most commonly consumed as a breakfast side dish, it can also be prepared in a sweet version with sugar and various sweet fillings. It is said that the biggest influence in the invention of pan bati came from the Creole culture, even though it is not known exactly who first created this popular pancake.