Are you a breakfast person? Well, I am. For me, it’s the most important meal of the day. Even when I was a kid, I needed a full fledged breakfast. Most of my friends breakfast was just a glass of milk, not me. Since it’s one of the meals that I enjoy very much, I also indulge the most at brekky time. Somehow I dont feel guilty doing that, may be because of the fact that you’ve got a full day ahead of you to burn all that calories :)
Here’s a simple pancake/hotcake recipe which I love making and eating. It’s absolutely light but filling. Hope you will also enjoy these…
Recipe adapted verbatim from here
Put the ricotta, milk and egg yolks into a bowl and mix well to combine. Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt and gently whisk to make a smooth batter…
Beat the egg whites until they become foamy – this isn’t hard work even, whisking by hand, which is all that’s needed here – and then fold them into the ricotta mixture…
Heat the oil in a large frying pan and drop in heaped dessertspoons of batter.Cook the pancakes for about 1 minute until golden and then flip them over and cook for another minute…
- Ricotta cheese – 250 grams / 1 cup
- Milk – 125 ml / ½ cup
- Eggs (separated) – 2 large
- Plain flour (maida) – 100 grams / ⅔ cup
- Baking powder – 1 teaspoon
- Oil – 2 teaspoons
- Chopped strawberries (or other berries of your choice) – 250 grams
- Salt
- Put the ricotta, milk and egg yolks into a bowl and mix well to combine. Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt and gently whisk to make a smooth batter. Beat the egg whites until they become foamy – this isn’t hard work even, whisking by hand, which is all that’s needed here – and then fold them into the ricotta mixture.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan and drop in heaped dessertspoons of batter.
- Cook the pancakes for about 1 minute until golden and then flip them over and cook for another minute.
- Keep the cooked pancakes warm, by tenting with foil on a large warmed plate, while you work your way through the batter, and then serve with syrup and strawberries.