chocolate Pancakes

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 3/4 cup yogurt, whisked

2 tablespoons oil

1 teaspoon grated orange zest

1/2 chocolate chips or freshly chopped chocolate of your choice

Method

Ina  large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients except the chocolate chips. The batter will be of pouring consistency but should not be watery or even too thick. 

Heat a skillet greased with a little oil on medium heat.  Once heated, pour a ladle or 1/4 cup of pancake batter on to the skillet.  Sprinkle each pancake with chocolate chips.

Allow the pancake to cook on medium heat. You will notice the top side begins to get bubbles and air pockets and will slowly get steamed and cooked. At this point flip to the other side and allow it to cook for about 30 seconds.

 Flip again and serve hot with butter and maple syrup.  Continue with the remaining batter and grease the skillet with oil after each batch if using a cast iron skille

Bread Cup Pizza

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6 bread slices ( I used white bread)
2 tsp butter
1 cup chopped vegetables of your choice( onions, capsicum, tomato, baby corn, red peppers)
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
3 tbsp mozzerella cheese (just enough to cover the bread cups)
salt, black pepper and oregano to taste

Cut circles from the bread using some round utensil or lid. Flatten the bread a little using rolling pin. Butter both sides of the bread and fit in the muffin tray. Add salt, pepper and oregano to the cut vegetables. Spoon this mixture in the bread cups. Cover with cheese and dot with butter. Bake the bread cups in a pre heated oven for 15 minutes at 180 C until bread turns golden brown. Serve Bread Cup Pizza hot with tomato ketchup.

(Suji Uttapam)

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For the pancakes(makes 6):2 cups semolina (suji)
1 cup curd(yoghurt)
½ tsp red chili powder
Salt to taste
1 green chilli chopped
1 tsp grated ginger
½  cup diced tomato and capsicum
½ cup grated onions, carrots and cabbage
oil for cooking

Mix all the ingredients except oil and make a batter of dropping consistency using water. Heat a non stick pan and grease it lightly with oil. Spread a layer of batter on the pan to make a pancake of 3-4 mm thickness. Spread a little oil around pancake to keep it from sticking to the pan.  Cook it over a slow flame until the base is golden brown. Turn over to cook the other side. Remove from the pan and serve hot. Repeat with the remaining batter to make five more pancakes.

Suji dhokla

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Preparation time: 5 minutes
cooking time: 15 minutes
serves 4

for the batter:2 cups semolina( suji)
1 cup sour curd
1 tsp oil
½ tsp haldi( turmeric powder)
¼ tsp red chili powder
salt to taste
1 tbsp or 1 sachet eno fruit salt
for the tempering:1/2tsp mustard seeds (rai)
2 green chillies
4-5 leaves curry leaves
2 tsp oil
2 tbsp sugar
½ cup water
for the garnish:chopped corriander

How to make suji dhokla:

Mix together all the ingredients for the batter, except fruit salt (Eno), using enough water to make a thick batter. Let it stand for 10 minutes. When the steamer is hot, add in fruit salt, sprinkle a little water over fruit salt and mix thoroughly. The mixture will rise immediately. Pour the batter in greased thali or dhokla stand and steam for about 12 -15 minutes. Let it stand for 5 minutes. Cut dhokla in half and arrange in a dish.

For the tempering, heat oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds start to crackle, add curry leaves and green chillies. Now add sugar and water and let it boil for 2 minutes. Pour this over the steamed Dhoklas. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with tomato ketchup or green chutney.

Tips: You can add chopped or grated vegetables (carrot, cabbage and peas) to the batter to make the Suji dhokla more nutritious.
Steamer should be hot when you add fruit salt to the batter.

Savory Bread Pancakes

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Preparation time: 5-7 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes
makes around 8 pancakes

Ingredients:10 bread slices
½-1 cup milk as required
2 onions grated or chopped very fine
1 capsicum diced
2 tomatoes chopped( without pulp)
1 tbsp chopped green chilies
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 potato medium size, peeled and grated
2 tbsp cilantro/ coriander leaves
salt to taste
½ tsp red chili powder
½ tsp garam masala
oil for shallow frying

To make Savory Bread Pancakes

Remove corners of the bread slices. Crush the bread slices roughly and soak them in 1/4-1/2 cup milk for 10 minutes. Now add all the other ingredients except milk and oil. Make a thick batter using milk. The batter will be sticky but do not dilute it otherwise it will be too soft to retain shape.

Heat a non stick pan or griddle and grease it lightly with oil. Spread batter on the pan and give it round shape with the help of a spoon.

Spread a little oil around pancake to keep it from sticking to the pan. Cook it on slow flame till the base is golden brown. Turn it over and cook the other side in the same way using a little oil.

Serve hot with ketchup or green chutney.

Spicy Vegetable toast

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How to make Spicy Vegetable toastPreparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes
makes 16 pieces (4 out of 1 slice of bread)

Ingredients:4 slices of bread
4 medium boiled potatoes
1 cup finely chopped vegetables (Onion, Capsicum, Tomatoes etc.)
½ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp chaat masala
salt to taste
2 tbsp finely chopped green chillies and ginger
2 tbsp chopped coriander/cilantro leaves
oil for shallow frying

To make Spicy Vegetable toast

Mash the potatoes. Add all the vegetables, spices, green chillies and coriander to the mashed potatoes. You can taste the mixture and adjust spices accordingly.

Take a bread slice and cut it in the desired shape. You can cut it round, rectangular or square. I have cut 4 square pieces out of 1 slice of bread.
Spread mixture on both sides of the bread. Heat a non stick pan or griddle and grease it lightly with oil.

Cook on both sides till golden brown just like pancakes using a little oil. Repeat with all the remaining slices of bread.
Serve hot with chutney or ketchup.