Healthy and comforting pancakes laced with orangey fragrance and topped with fruit honey.
This post is dedicated to all mothers who spend almost their 16 hours either feeding, cooking or just worrying that their little one have not eaten enough. So far the most challenging aspect of being a mother has been, making sure my daughter has eaten something out of her meals. Yeah, just something!! You understand my plight??? Thank you!!!
I know many mothers like me, who go through the same struggle four times a day. My daughter said “Good bye” to baby food long back and jumped on to regular food. So I got this challenge of cooking things which are grownup’s food as well as full of nutrition.
I personally love pancakes and can have them any time of the day. She also liked them but the regular pancakes do not fit in my nutrition criteria. So??? I picked one of very humble Indian pancake recipe and gave a twist to make it fun and exciting.
As a child I use to be mad about these whole wheat, sugar laced pancakes which my mother use to make. It was healthy, homely and comforting. Cooked in clarified butter (also known as Ghee) with a hint of cardamom, would lift basic ingredients to a level above.
I thought to throw a spin and replaced cardamom with orange zest and added some orange juice to intensify fruity flavor. Why fruity??? Because my child (Thanks god for this) loves..Loves and loves fruits. Another replacement was sugar with honey. She is not that found of very sweet things and honey does the trick.
Some time back I mentioned about my trip to Coorg. I brought this divine fruit honey from there. Fruit honey will complement the fruity flavor of pancake, though you could use any honey you have.
As you would be making these lovely pancakes for your child, I would suggest you to make them small and slightly thinner than the regular ones. Why? Because first, smaller ones would look super cute and big amount of food in one go overwhelm kids..Try this trick and let me know, if worked with your child.
Whole wheat, orange flavor, honey and cooked in butter did not it sound comforting already??? I am sure your mother brain would be saying “Yes healthy as well”. Don’t you think how come a child would not like to eat such a treat? This recipe has been a hit at my end so I am happily sharing with you..Give it a try mommy and even all the grownups will also like to indulge in its comfort.
2 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 Tablespoon Orange Zest
¼ Cup Orange juice
6 Tablespoon Fruit Honey
1 Egg (replace with ½ cup curd)
¾ Cup Milk
4 Tablespoon Butter (melted)
1 Teaspoon Baking powder
Pinch of Salt
In a big bowl add whole wheat flour, salt, baking powder, orange zest, 1 spoon of melted butter and mix. Make a well in the mixture.
In another bowl mix all the wet ingredients ( Orange juice, honey, milk) . Add the egg ( or beaten curd) and mix.
Pour this mixture into the well of dry ingredients and mix well with a whisker to make smooth batter.
Heat a flat pan and rub tiny butter on the surface. Pour small amount of batter and spread to make a small pan cake. Flip when the side is done and cook on the other side as well until golden brown.
Drizzle 2-3 spoon of honey on the pancake while serving and important serve warm.
You can sprinkle some orange zest while serving.
