Pancakes with Strawberry/Chocolate Sauce

Back! After what seems forever! Forever it is. Missed blogging. The cooking/baking didnt stop - slowed down a bit but didn't stop. The blogging did! Blame it on well, me being lazy, amongst other things. Quite the irony, to get back just when a new job takes up most of my time. But I'm not complaining. Infact I'm learning the value of time even more, now that I don't have much. Which is why I'm making a promise to myself to be around much often. To cook more, and post regularly.

I'm coming back with a star of a dish. Easy. Delicious. And soooo tempting to look at. Pancakes! Fluffy, gorgeous pancakes! Brings an instant smile to your face, doesn't it? Much like cupcakes! I guess just the word 'cake' pretty much does it. Perfect for a sunday morning! Then again, perfect for any morning. Can be teemed with the choicest of options - fruits, honey, whipped cream, chocolate, even nuts - get creative!

Pancakes with Strawberry/Chocolate Sauce

Equipment Required: 
Mixing Bowls
A Skillet

Pancakes
Yield: 6-8 (depending on size and thickness)

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• cooking spray

Toppings:

Strawberries

Nutella

Method:

1. In a medium bowl, combine milk and vinegar and set aside for about 5 mins to sour.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
3. Whisk egg and butter into the soured milk. Add the dry ingredients into the wet mixture and whisk until all lumps are gone.
4. Heat a large skillet over medium heat and coat with cooking spray/butter. Pour a ladleful of batter onto the skillet and cook till bubbles begin to appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula and cook till brown on the other side.
5. For the strawberry sauce, jus take a few handfuls of strawberries and heat over a pan till it starts to form a thick sauce like consistency. If all the strawberries aren't broken down, even better.
6. For the chocolate sauce, don't bother. Jus use Nutella. There's little need to try anything else. Else use any other topping of your heart's desire.

 

My Notes: 

• If your soured milk looks like broken curd, don worry. It's supposed to.
• You might want to skip the salt if you're using salted butter.
• You can also add any flavour essence you like, to the wet ingredients before mixing them with the dry. Crank it up a notch ;)

So that's that. Pancakes! Enjoy!!