“You don't have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to
experience proper kitchen alchemy: the moment when ingredients combine to form
something more delectable than the sum of their parts. Fancy ingredients or
recipes not required; simple, made-up things are usually even better”. Erin Morgenstern
I am not a chef. But I
am passionate about my cooking especially when it comes to coalescing
commonplace ingredients into scrumptious dishes. I also love to experiment with
ingredients and renovate basic recipes into unusual delicacies. My today's
recipe is one such item where I have transformed a basic pancake into a
palatable pancake sandwich.
My son is obsessed with
pancakes and I have no option but to prepare it almost every Sunday at breakfast.
But recurrence over a period of time makes even the tastiest of foods
monotonous. A dabble of common sense and a little exercising of the mind
produced the innovation. Voila! The result was the most amazing sandwich I have
ever made..... PANCAKE SANDWICH.
The Perfect Homemade
Pancake Recipe is easy to make with ingredients you probably already have on
hand. With a perfect batter, the most amazing pancakes can be made in less than
half an hour. Let me tell you the pancake sandwich which I prepared following
the basic pancake recipe will surely be a show stopper in your next breakfast
get together.
Here at the outset, I
would like to mention that for making these sandwiches, we don't need very
fluffy pancakes. Pancake lovers might sneer over this as whenever we think of
pancakes that fluffy, round, golden colour objects appear in our mind. But to
taste a new thing a minor deviation from the original recipe should not be a
major issue. After all, inventions occurred because someone somewhere dared to
think different!
Preparation time:
Approximately 45 minutes.
Makes:
8-10 pancakes (depending upon the size)
Ingredients
For Pancakes:
1. Egg... 1 large in room temperature.
2. Milk...1 cup, lukewarm
3. Multigrain Atta... ½ cup
4. Flour... ½ cup
5. Baking powder...1 tsp
6. Powder sugar.... 2 tbsp
7. Salt... 1 Tsp
8. Mixed herbs...1 Tsp
9. Black pepper... 1 Tsp
10. Butter.... 3 tbsp (melted)
For Filling:
1. Onion... 2 medium sizes
2. Tomato... 2 medium size
3. Capsicum... 1 large
4. Chilli flakes.... 1 Tsp
5. Salt... according to taste.
6. Chicken sausage.... 4 nos.
7. Oil.... 2 tbsp refined oil or olive oil
8. Mayonnaise....4 tbsp
9. Tomato sauce.... 4 tbsp
10. Cheese grated... 5-6 tbsp( optional)
Method:
Filling:
1. Pour 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Add onion and sauté on medium
flame.
2. Add capsicum and sauté for a few minutes. Finally, add chopped
tomatoes, salt and pepper. Add chilli flakes. Add tomato sauce and mix well.
3. Cook covered for 2-3 minutes. The mixture should be mushy in
consistency.
4. Put off the gas and let it cool slightly.
5. Shallow fry sausages. Cut them diagonally into thin pieces.
Pancake:
1. Mix the dry ingredients together, i.e., wheat flour (multigrain
Atta), baking powder, sugar, and mixed herbs and salt.
2. Beat egg till light and slightly fluffy. Add milk and mix well.
3. Add melted butter and mix well.
4. Gradually fold in dry ingredients and mix lightly. Don't over
mix. Normally pancake batter should be thick but here we need the batter to be
slightly thin in consistency to make the sandwiches.
5. Keep aside for at least 15 minutes.
6. Preheat a non-stick flat pan on the gas. The pan should
be moderately hot to make perfect pancakes.
7. Take a ¼ cup of batter and pour over the pan. Slightly tilt the
pan to spread the batter. Cook pancake on slow flame.
8. When the edges start turning light brown and bubbles start
forming on top it's time to flip the pancake. The colour of the cooked side
should be a nice light brown. After about 2 min the pancakes are ready to be
served. Prepare all the pancakes. This recipe will make 6 pancakes
approximately.
Assembling:
Take a pancake. The brown side should be on top. Put mayonnaise
on the other side. Put some filling and evenly spread it. Put sausages.
Sprinkle some chilli flakes. Put some cheese (optional). Now put another pancake
on it. The golden side should be on top. Press lightly. Cut into triangles and
enjoy the lip-smacking, soft, aromatic pancake sandwich!
Authors
Note:
1.
While making pancake all the ingredients should be in room temperature. Do not
over mix the batter. After preparing the batter it's very important to leave it
for at least 15 minutes.
2. A nice brown edge on the underside of the pancake is the indication that it's ready to be flipped.
Bubbles that form and stay hollow are the indication from the top of your a pancake that it’s ready.
3. Preheat the pan is important and
while making pancake one needs to be careful to regulate the temperature. A
moderate temperature is ideal to get the perfect result.
4. As pancake sandwich was on my
mind, so I made the batter slightly thin as fluffy pancake wouldn’t have served
the purpose.
Any recipe becomes boring if we overuse it. And at that point, to break the monotony imagination takes the lead and
even a very simple recipe turns out to be an innovative delicacy. This sandwich
is an ideal example of imagination going wild to prepare something different
and I am happy that I could make it just right!
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