Makes 5 - 6 medium sized pan cakes
Ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 ripe banana (the riper the better)
10-12 pieces of walnuts (whole), chopped coarsely
1 cup buttermilk
1 tbsp oil
1 large egg
2-3 tbsp sugar fine granulated
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp orange zest (optional)
Method to make:
Heat an electric griddle at 350 degree F, or flat skillet on medium heat on the stove top.
Meanwhile, in a bowl beat the egg well till a little fluffy (whisk it). Gently mix in buttermilk, oil, sugar, vanilla extract, orange zest and well mashed bananas (mash it well before mixing). (These are the wet ingredients)
In another bowl, mix the whole wheat flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add the walnuts. Combine well. (These are the dry ingredients)
Now, pour the wet mixture over the dry ingredients, and mix with a whisk just until combined. Do not over mix. It is very important that you do not over mix.
Add a little butter or oil to the skillet and with a ladle add 1 ladle full to form a round pan cake. Let it cook on medium heat. You will see bubbles appearing on the surface. After the batter looks a little set, flip it over and cook on the other side for about a min. Repeat the process for the rest of the batter.
Serve pancakes warm with the traditional maple syrup, whipped topping or honey!
Ingredients:
1. Candy Melts – 1 cup
2. Nuts – Almonds / Cashew or your choice
3. Candy Mold
Method:
1. Keep the microwave in Defrost mode and defrost the chocolate for a minute
2. Stir it and put it back in the microwave for 30 seconds
3. Stir it again and put it back for 30 seconds
4. By now, the chocolate is mostly liquid, stir it and put it back for 20 seconds
5. Take a Ziploc bag and make a small hole at the corner. You can also use a spatula if Ziploc bag is not there.
6. Add the nuts of your choice and mix it well. Pour the chocolate into the Ziploc bag or you can use a spatula. Now fill the molds either with the Ziploc bag or just with a spatula.
7. Tap it on the countertop to remove all the air gaps about 10 times. Keep it in the Refrigerator for 10 minutes (no more than 10 minutes).
8. Remove from the fridge and tap it on a plate. It will get transferred to the plate with a few taps. If not, then press on the plastic covered side of the mold with hand and it will fall from the other end.
9. This makes 12 chocolates.
10. Serve and enjoy!!
3 cups gram dal(chana dal)
2 onions finely chopped
4 green chillies finely chopped
ginger paste 1 tsp
and garlic paste 1 tsp
3 tsp salt
10- 14 curry leaves
oil to fry
1) Soak dal for two hours. Drain and use only dal.
2) Put in food processor to grind the dal. Do not add water. The dal should be ground very coarse- even a few big pieces of dal seen is good.
3) Add all the other ingredients - the finely chopped onions, curry leaves, ginger and garlic paste, salt, green chillies to the ground dal.
4) Shape into 2 to 3 cm round vadas, flatten them a little and deep fry in hot oil till crisp. Serve hot with chutney.