Savoury Semolina Pancakes

These savoury Semolina pancakes are crispy outside and soft inside, with lots of healthy ingredients and veggies you can bring together healthy and tasty in one breakfast dish.

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American, Indian

Keyword: pancake, pancakes, semolina

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 20

Servings: pancakes

Calories: 135kcal

Author: Rekha Kakkar

Ingredients

For Breakfast Mix

½ cup semolina/rava/sooji
2 Green Chillies
1 tablespoon Ginger
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tbsp coriander leaves / cilantro
½ teaspoon Salt
2 1tbsp Cooking Oil
½ tsp Mustard Seeds
½ tsp Cumin Seeds
1 tsp Bengal gram /chana daal
1 tsp White Lentils
¼ tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder

For Pancakes

100 gm Paneer or cottage cheese
1 cup milk
Salt to taste
1 Green chilli chopped
¼ cup Onion chopped
⅓ cup oats instant oats
¼ cup Tomatoes chopped
2 tablespoon Cooking Oil
1 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

To Make Instant Mix

Heat oil in a pan, add asafoetida/hing, mustard seeds, Chana dal, urad dal, cumin seeds and stir fry for a minute.
Now add chopped ginger, green chilli mix and stir for few seconds.
Add curry leaves and fresh coriander leaves. Cook these till these are fully dry and dehydrated.
Now add semolina/sooji and sauté on low flame for 5-7 minutes. keep stirring it.
Switch off the flame and add salt.
Allow this mixture to cool down.

To Make Pancake Batter

Grind instant oats and make a smooth powder.
Next in Blender jar of grinder, add 1 cup breakfast mix, ground oats powder, Paneer cubes, milk, and grind it to make a smooth paste.
Add little more water to make a batter of regular pancake consistency.
Now to make pancake batter, add chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, chopped green chillies and salt to taste.
Mix well to combine and add baking soda. Mix well to make a fluffy batter.

To Cook Pancakes

Now in a non stick pan heat 1 teaspoon oil and sprinkle a pinch of mustard and sesame seeds
With a ladle pour pancake batter and do not spread. Just place it over pan.
When cooked on one side flip add a bit of oil on the sides and cook till crispy and golden brown from other side as well.

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Notes

Take care not to make batter very runny. It will remain towards thicker side.
Use a non-stick pan because otherwise it tends to stick to pan.
You can make the pancake batter mix/ Breakfast mix in advance and make these pancakes very quickly in 20 minutes.
Also, if you want to make the pancake batter in advance make the batter as shown in step by step picture instructions and video except do not add baking soda.
You can add baking soda just one or two minute before making pancakes.
You can store the savory pancake batter in fridge for upto 2-3 days.

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