Thursday, February 26, 2009

banana pancakes with makoy berry sauce n cream




banana malpua is very common in banaras and it's made during holi and some other festivals ...it is served with sugar syrup and rabdi over it...........i am drooling right now...though i am not very fond of sweets.....but some memories make you nostalgic.........

my husband arvind likes these malpuas but i want to make them as healthy as possible ....so i fashioned them as pancakes and served it in a fancy manner.........he polished off the plate just after clicking the photo.........and it didn't have any refined sugar or flour...........healthy na!

it is simple too.......read on........

ingredients for the pancake

whole wheat flour 1 cup
one big ripe banana
milk 3/4 cup ( i used soya milk)

ingredients for the sauce or coulis

makoy or rasbhari berries 1 cup (see pic)



jaggery 4 tbsp (more jaggery if the rasbharis are sour)

fresh cream to serve as topping

procedure

chop the berries ..mix with crumbled jaggery and microwave on high for 3 minutes.....more if you want a thicker sauce...my sauce looks like this...


mix chopped banana, flour n milk and blend with a handblender to make a batter of pouring consistency.....adjusting the amount of milk being used.......no sugar is needed for this.......so healthy...

grease a nonstick pan with 1/2 tsp of butter and heat on medium flame.....pour the batter over hot pan ........i made small ones to masquerade like puas ....see the pic..



and when the pores appear like this ....flip the pancakes to brown on the other side .......like this....



wait for a minute and remove from pan .......arrange them on a plate to serve....pour the sauce over it like this.....


this can be served as it is ....i like it this way for a healthy breakfast....or it can be served with fresh cream.........like this.....



blink and this will disappear from your table....

3 comments:

  1. Wow...you have too many blog, kind of lost...which one to read first. Will do it slowly in leisure...

    This pancakes look so yummy, who wouldnt want such a nice treat. Awesome click too.

    Palak poori looks perfect for me.

    Will see you around.

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  2. Question tha ji aapke liye ;-)

    Any alternative for makoy... Can I do something with oranges :-o? They will also give khatta-meetha tinge to the sauce......

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  3. Just any fruit you can think of , and like of course.
    Orange marmalade would be great...

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