Blini, singular: blin, are an Eastern European pancake made from various kinds of flour or buckwheat, wheat, etc. They may be served with smetana, tvorog, caviar and other garnishes, or simply smeared with butter. They are considered to be a traditional Russian dish.
Blini
The preparation of bliny
An old woman prepares blini in a Russian oven for Maslenitsa
Blini served with red caviar
A pancake is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter, and then cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan. It is a type of batter bread. Archaeological evidence suggests that pancakes were probably eaten in prehistoric societies.
A stack of American-style blueberry pancakes
This meal of injera and several kinds of wat or tsebhi (stew) is typical of Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
Lahoh is a staple in Somalia, Djibouti, and Yemen.
Japanese style souffle pancakes