Beetroot Pancakes

Need something interesting for your quarantine breakfast? Dosa everyday is so boring! How about a sweet pancake? Wait...it gets better...how about a colourful pancake?okay..that sounds good! Now what if I told you that the pancake was made of beetroot?!That's exactly what we're making today...beetroot pancakes:)

Pancakes originated from ancient Greece, and are know eating for breakfast all around the world. It has become such a famous dish today that some artists have even started making pancake art. These are traditionally eaten with butter and maple syrup, but they taste good with chocolate syrup as well:) So here we go...


 

 

serves 4

preparation time:15 minutes 


Ingredients:

1.maida-1 1/2 cups

2.Beetroot-1/2

3.baking powder-3 teaspoons

4. salt-just a pinch

5.sugar-3 tbsp

6.eggs-1

7.milk-1cup

8.unsalted butter(melted)-1/4 cup

9.vanilla essence-1/2 teaspoon


 


Preparation:

1.Take the juice of the beetroot using a blender/mixie and strain it well...you will get about 1/4th cup of beetroot juice.(Add very little water if required). Set aside

2.In a large bowl, all dry ingredients and mix well with a ladle

3.In another bowl add the egg, milk,butter and beetroot juice, then whisk it well.

4.Now add the dry ingredients into this bowl little by little, while stirring in the same direction. 

5.When all the ingredients are mixed together, your pancake batter is ready

6.Now heat the tawa, and grease with butter or ghee

7.On a medium-high flame,pour one big ladle of batter on the tawa. Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes.

8.When you open the lid, the colour should have changed completely. This means that your pancake is fully cooked. 

9.Now you can remove the pancakes, stack them on a plate and serve with a drizzle of chocolate syrup/maple syrup

Notes:

1.You may make multicoloured pancakes by using different fruits/veggies eg:blueberry(for purple),etc.In the picture I have divided my batter into 2 portions and added beet juice in one portion for red, and cooked the other portion as normal pancakes(white).

2. 3 tablespoons of baking powder may seem like a lot, but this is the secret ingredient which makes your pancakes, nice and fluffy.

3.If the flame is very low, your pancakes may end up flat like a dosa...so keep your flame in MEDIUM HIGH TO MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURE!










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