PanCake

A kid friendly recipe with innumerable variations....

sweet or savoury?

Chocolate sauce or maple syrup or honey or fresh cream or butter?

Topped with banana/ strawberry/ blueberry/mango?

Nutmeg /cinnamon/ vanilla?

Jotting down the most basic version of a well liked breakfast so that the girls need not ask me the ingredients and measures each time they make pancakes..

The measurements taken from Internet.  Other than the milk quantity mentioned here, all measures and ratios are just fine

Ingredients for 8 pancakes 

1 ½ cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour / whole wheat flour,

2 tablespoons sugar (powdered)

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon of salt, reduce to 1/4 teaspoon if sensitive to salt or using salted butter

1 ¼ cups (295 ml) milk....I used 195ml or till the batter was of flowing consistency

1 egg

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for skillet

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Procedure 

BATTER

Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and the salt in a medium bowl.

Warm milk  until lukewarm. 

Whisk milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract.. 

Mix dry and wet ingredients separately at first then combine just before cooking. When we are ready to cook, we combine the two mixes with a fork or whisk. 

COOK PANCAKES

Heat a large pan (mine has 3 circular grooves perfect for pancakes, crepes) over medium heat. The pan is ready if when you splatter a little water onto the pan surface, the water dances around the pan and eventually evaporates.

Lightly brush skillet with melted butter.

Pour ladle full of batter and cook till browned and crispy around the edges. Flip and cook the other side

Serve with toppings of your choice...chocolate syrup, honey, maple syrup, liquid jaggery, cream etc

Mushroom Spinach Crepes

A recipe from an FB reel made Sunday Breakfast a superhit.

Substituted the All purpose Flour of the original recipe with Whole Wheat Flour for the crepes as well as the white sauce.  

Ingredients :

A) for  around 18 crepes:

• Whole Wheat Flour ...2.5 cups (approx 250gms)
• Milk 2 large mugs or till a dosa like batter is made
• Salt to taste
• Baking powder & cooking soda..a pinch each

B) For the Mushroom Spinach Filling (measurements, ratio of ingredients as per taste and liking)

• Butter / Garlic Butter : 1 tbspn
• Chopped Garlic : a bowl full (around 50gm)
• Sliced Mushroom : 400 gm 
• Chopped Spinach : 1 bunch ...finely chopped
• Milk (original recipe had cream) : 1 cup 
• 2.5 cubes processed cheese : grated
• Chili Flakes
• Dried Hetbs
• Pepper
• Salt
• Ata / Cornflour for thickening (as milk was used instead of cream)

C) White Sauce 

• Butter : 1 tbspn
• Wheat Flour (original recipe: All Purpose Flour) : 1 tbspn
• 2 cups of milk
• Chili Flakes
• Dried Hetbs
• Pepper
• Salt

Procedure : Prepared the mushroom Spinach filling followed by the white sauce and crepes on adjacent gas burners

A) Crepes :

1) Mixed the Whole Wheat Flour / Atta, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Salt. Gradually added milk at room temperature and whisked the batter well to dissolve the lumps. Should be of flowing consistency

B) Mushroom , Spinach Filling :

1) In a wok, heated garlic butter and added chopped garlic and fried till golden brown.

2) Added the sliced mushroom and tossed on high heat. Added Chili flakes, dried herbs (oregano/Italian seasoning), Pepper.

3) Added the chopped Spinach. Tossed it around till it wilted.

4) Added Salt followed by Milk (substitute of Cream) and grated cheese. In case the filling is too watery, sprinkle some atta or cornflour for thickening 

C) White Sauce :

1) In a wok, heat butter and add a tbsp of Atta / Wheat Flour. Saute till brown. Add milk, salt, pepper, chili flakes, seasoning and bring to a boil till white sauce is ready  

D) Assembly :

1) Add a ladle full of batter to make the crepes.

2) Add the filling 

3) Fold it as you wish or find convenient

4) Serve on a plate and either dunk it in whote sauce or pour some white sauce as garnishing and sprinkle some chili flakes/pepper/chopped parsley or coriander leaves. (Optional...I left out the last bit as hungry eyes were more interested in the food rather than the decor and drama... ;)