Thursday, December 8, 2011

Vegan Chocolate Banana Pancake(Gluten & Grain free)

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If something is gluten free does it mean it is healthy? Nay, lot of gluten free mixes are made up of high starchy ingredients and the taste is also not that great. So far after trying lot of different gluten free mixes and with still half left in each one of them and unnecessarily occupying my pantry space, I have decided not to spend any more money on them. But the gluten free substitutions that really works for me is almond flour for cookies, cheese cake crusts, pancakes. But for bread and cakes I still haven’t nailed out a good recipe to share with but I am seriously trying to. One thing I found in this process is lot of these gluten free mixes have some bad tasting bean flour as one of the ingredient, but the split chick pea flour that is used in Indian cuisine in lot of dishes including sweets is such a great binder. So when a saw a ripe black banana, I was all set to try this pancake with besan and it did taste good. My kids liked it and  I didn’t face any questions from my elder one, who normally ask  “Why aren’t we eating normal food"?”  when something doesn’t taste good. If you have tried out gluten free baking with not so starchy ingredients sans eggs, please do leave a comment. I would love to try it.



Preparation Time – 10 Minutes

Cooking Time – 10 to 15 Minutes

Serves – makes 5 Pancakes



Ingredients



Besan(Split Chick Pea Flour) - 1 Cup

Banana - 1

Water - 3/4 Cup

Chocolate powder - 2 Tsp

Powdered Xylitol - 1 Tbsp

Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Baking powder - 1 Tsp

salt - pinch

Vanilla extract - 1/2 Tsp

Cinnamon powder – 1 Tsp to cover up the besan smell

flaked almonds -  5 Tbsp

Coconut oil – 5 Tsp



Method 



1) Mix the besan, salt, baking soda, baking powder, powdered xylitol, chocolate powder, cinnamon powder.

2) To this add pureed banana, water, vanilla extract and mix with an egg beater without lumps.

3) Heat a Iron griddle and once it is warm, take a ladle full of batter and make a medium sized circle and take a handful of almond flakes and slightly press it on the top of the pancake batter, drizzle some coconut oil around it and cover and cook.

4) After 1-2 minutes open the cover and see if the top portion is not sticky and well cooked, now turn over and cook the other side. Repeat the same thing for the rest of the batter and serve it with butter, honey, maple syrup or anything of your choice.

5) I served it with some home made strawberry preservers sweetened with xylitol.



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28 comments:

Reshmi Mahesh said...

This breakfast is something that will make my day....chocolate and banana....yummm....

Priya said...

Woww pancakes looks absolutely stunning and irresistible with all those nuts..drooling here Sadhana..

Reva said...

Absolutely love it... never ever thought of using besan flour in sweet pancakes..))
Wonderful recipe..:)
Reva

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said...

wow, the pancakes look superb !!!

Chitra said...

yummmy !!!!!!!!!!!

Jay said...

delightful cake...a sure treat to impress my kids..:)
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Miriam said...

Looks amazing!! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters

Sobha Shyam said...

wonderful recipe and preparation...lovely pancakes..

Prathibha said...

very delicious n yummmy pan cakes..healthy one

Madhuram said...

I usually prepare the savory vegetarian omelette with chickpea flour, but haven't tried the sweeter pancake version.

Reg. almond flour, do you get it in bulk/wholesale prices somewhere? Because the almond meal I see here (Canada) is in small packets and they are a bit pricey.

faseela said...

Superb pan cakes dear............

Alpana said...

This is such an awesome treat.......a keeper recipe .....Bookmarked.

Alpana said...

Such a beautiful bake Sadhanaji........BTW where do we get Agar agar flakes- Ihave seen you use them in your recipes -was really trying to find them in the stores. Will appreciate your help.

Julie said...

Yummilicious pancakes......drooiling dear!!

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Uma said...

Nice recipe. It is really an awesome treat !!!

sangee vijay said...

very delicious looking pancakes...choco n banana, yummy combo...thanks for sharing!!

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Plateful said...

Chocolate and banana -- my favorite flavors. Healthy too. YUM!

Babli said...

Cake looks soft, spongy, yummy and very beautifully decorated.

Priyanka said...

Chocolate and banana.....yummy combination.
YUM , YUM & YUM

Amina Khaleel said...

pancakes look superb... delicious and flavourful..

Sensible Vegetarian said...

Thanks every one for your sweet comments,really appreciate it. Madhuram I buy my Almond flour in http://lucyskitchenshop.com.

Ramya said...

yummm...never seen such a delicious looking pancake before :-)

Swathi said...

Delicious pancake that too with my favorite chocolate and banana Sadhana.

SouthIndianHome said...

Nice idea of using besan as substitute.pancake looks so delicious. Will try this out

Sarah said...

now that is power breakfast! and its wonderful tht it is gluten-free... have you ever tried finely ground rice-flour for a gluten-free substitution in cakes? I've always wondered how it will turn out.. though never tried it...

Vidhya said...

Would love to have this delicious pancakes anytime.

Gayathri NG said...

Wow wt an idea awesome pancakes...

Rumana Rawat said...

OMG!!!! that looks so awesome:)

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