Eggless Amaranth Pancakes

For a guilt-free Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day make these Eggless Amaranth Pancakes which are packed with goodness like amaranth flour and banana and topped with exotic mango. 

I recently just came back from uni for a short break, so naturally, I brought back far too many things. One of the perks of having a car! Mostly laundry... but also any uneaten food from the fridge.

I also brought back two pretty ripe bananas that were only a few hours away from going black. I didn't want my mum to notice all this food that I obviously hadn't been eating so I had to make use of it fast!!

One of the ways of university halls bonding is to make pancakes together on Shrove Tuesday! Que snapchat and Instagram stories of failed flipping attempts, and the occasional successful one!

One of our favourite breakfasts at home is banana pancakes that are made with various flours such as buckwheat or amaranth. So the easiest way to destroy the evidence (uneaten bananas) was to crush them into the batter.

Through this, we do not need to add any sugar and simply serve with any fruit that is lying around the house.

Recently, mangoes have started cropping up in UK supermarkets so served the pancakes with them. I do like to treat myself and drizzle a little date syrup on top to give that extra sweetness.

WHAT IS SHROVE TUESDAY/PANCAKE DAY - UK?

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, also known as the start of Lent. Traditionally, fatty ingredients such as milk and eggs were used up before the Lenten fast. One of the best recipes for this is the pancake.

This year, 2019, Pancake Day falls on the 5th of March.

INGREDIENTS

The main ingredient is Amaranth flour. In India, this flour is called rajagro flour and is often used during fasting.

Ripe bananas have also been used in this recipe. The banana adds sweetness and also acts as an effective substitute for egg.

I have used skimmed milk here but you can also use any non-dairy milk.

Small amount of plain flour, whole wheat flour or oat flour. To keep these pancakes gluten-free add rice, gram or buckwheat flour.

Oil

HOW TO MAKE EGGLESS AMARANTH PANCAKES

Simply add the flours, banana and milk to the blender and blend until you get a smooth runny batter. For British/European pancakes, keep the batter runny enough to get a thin pancake. For American style pancakes, keep the batter a little thicker.

Heat a non-stick flat bottomed pan. Add a little oil and when the oil is hot, ladle a spoon of the batter into the middle of the pan. Quickly spread the batter thin using the back of the ladle. In around ½ minutes, the pancake will begin to bubble.

Now flip the pancake (showing off your skills here is not necessary) and cook the other side. When the pancake is lightly brown, it is ready.

The pancakes can be served with a drizzle of date syrup and any fruit to your liking. We like to change it up depending on the seasonal produce!

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Eggless Amaranth Pancakes

For a guilt-free Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day, make these Eggless Amaranth Pancakes which are packed with goodness and have no added refined sugar.

prep time: 5 minscook time: 10 minstotal time: 15 mins

ingredients

Pancake

• 250g Amaranth flour-Rajagaro no lot
• 2 tablespoon flour
• 200ml Skimmed milk - to get desired consistency
• Few drops of vanilla extract
• 2 Ripe bananas
• Any flavourless oil
• Pinch bicarbonate of soda

Toppings

• 2 Mango peeled and cut
• ½ cup blueberries
• Date syrup
• Icing sugar (optional)

Tools/Equipment

• Blender or Hand Blender
• Flat frying pan
• Spatula

instructions

1. Using a food blender, blend together amaranth flour, bananas and milk.
2. Add vanilla extract and soda, mix well.
3. Heat a flat frying pan and add a teaspoon of oil.
4. When the oil is hot, ladle batter onto the middle of the pan and very quickly spread using the back of the ladle.
5. As the pancake begins to bubble and can lift off the pan, it is ready to flip over
6. Cook the pancake for a minute or two on the other side
7. Remove from the heat and remove.
8. Fold the pancake and serve in a serving plate.
9. Top it up with mangoes, blueberries.
10. Drizzle date syrup and sprinkle some icing sugar if using.
11. Serve straight away.

NOTES:

If preparing for on a fasting day, omit vanilla extract. 
For a vegan option use plant-based milk.
Use any seasonal fruits for toppings. 
Don't have date syrup? use maple, agave or honey syrup.

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