Hola people!
Life has been busy. My little squirrel is growing up too
fast and has started playschool (big milestone right? Phew!). The settling
period is on and most days she sails through the time managing a few wails
towards the end. My heart feels so heavy but I do realize that it is all part
of a process.
Soooo, with her playschool I had to introduce some lifestyle
changes in my routine too. I wake up early now, prepare breakfast (duty calls)
and then wake her up followed by bathing, feeding and dressing her up (oh dear
mothers, you know the grind!). Anyway so my stories are really pancaked these
days. I have been preparing pancakes for adira for breakfast before she goes to
school. Ofcourse I feed her different things on different days but only the
pancakes make it to my stories (who want to see besan ka sheera on the story
board right?). A lot of you messaged me asking for the wholewheat-ragi pancake
recipe.
Now I have two versions of it; with egg and eggless. I will
share the recipe of both. Though there is just a minor change. I haven’t clicked
a decent picture of the pancakes so a screenshot of the boomerang from my insta story will have
to suffice for the moment.
I love these pancakes. They are super easy to make and very
healthy. Ragi is a rich source of calcium and these pancakes are a wonderful
way to include this power ingredient in your kid’s and your own diet. Adira likes
it so it is toddler approved (mothers are you reading?).
INGREDIENTS (version 1.0. egg pancakes; makes one large or
two medium pancakes)
2 tbsp ghee/ oil
½ tbsp brown sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp ragi flour
1 tbsp wholewheat flour (atta)
½ cup milk
Few drops of vanilla essence
RECIPE :
Heat a non-stick pan.
In a bowl, mix ghee and sugar.
Add the egg to this mix and whisk it well, followed by a few
drops of vanilla essence.
Add ragi, wholewheat flour and milk. Give it all a good stir
till it forms a smooth batter. The batter should neither be too thick nor too
runny.
Add some oil to the pan and pour the pancake batter on it.
Spread and even it out with a spoon.
Wait for one side to cook. You will notice a few bubbles and
the batter will start drying. Flip and cook the other side.
Let the other side cook. Take it off the pan and serve hot
with maple syrup, nutella or any other spread you like. (I had mine with peanut
butter and apricot jam). You can also top it with some fruits of your choice.
INGREDIENTS (version
2.0. eggless)
All the ingredients remain the same as for the pancakes with
egg.
Just omit the egg and replace it with 1 tbsp of milk powder.
Also increase the quantity of milk a little to reach the
desired consistency.
RECIPE:
The process again remains the same.
Mix oil and sugar first, followed by vanilla essence.
Add the flours, milk powder and milk and mix them well till
it forms a smooth batter.
Pour it on the pan in the similar fashion like I meantioned
earlier and cook it the same way.
NOTE:
I skipped baking powder and baking soda from my recipe. However,
you can add a pinch of both to make your
pancakes fluffier.
Also, I added grated pear in my pancakes for adira since I didn’t
want to waste too much time feeding her the pancake and the fruit separately. You
can do the same. Add any grated fruit of your choice to the pancakes. Banana is
a great option.
You can also add grated carrot and replace the vanilla
essence with some cinnamon and nutmeg powder to get a wholewheat ragi carrot
pancake. Now as I am writing about it, I think I am going to try this soon.
Hope your loved ones enjoy these pancakes as much as we did!
Till next time happy feasting!
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