Here’s a simple and healthy breakfast recipe using oats. I usually get mails asking healthy recipes for kids. This can be served as breakfast or can be packed as tiffin or as an evening snack. Isn’t that wonderful?
What I liked about this recipe is, it doesn’t have the overpowering taste of banana and the combo of banana and choco chips works really well. Also it’s a good way to use oats, if you are bored of having porridge all the time. You can customise this recipe to suit your particular diet requirements as well, please check the notes for the same.
So here you go with the step by step pictures…
In a mixing bowl combine powdered Oats, flour, baking soda, salt, mashed banana, honey and choco chips…
Now add milk gradually and mix well until the batter reaches a pouring consistency…
Heat a non stick frying pan. Grease the pan with butter or oil (refer notes), pour a ladle of batter, spread if required. Cook on low – medium flame. Cook the pancakes for a min or so and flip them over and cook for another min…
Recipe adapted from here.
- Oats – 1 cup (I used Quaker’s quick cooking Oats)
- Plain flour (Maida) – 1 cup (refer notes)
- Honey – 2 tbsp
- Ripe Banana – 2 medium – large (I used Chiquita banana)
- Chocolate chips – 2-3 tbsp (I used milk choco chips)
- Milk – 1 cup (I used low fat)
- Baking Soda – ½ tsp
- Salt
- Powder the Oats and keep aside. Mash bananas using a fork and keep aside.
- In a mixing bowl combine powdered Oats, flour, baking soda, salt, mashed banana, honey and choco chips.
- Now add milk gradually and mix well until the batter reaches a pouring consistency.
- Heat a non stick frying pan. Grease the pan with butter or oil (refer notes), pour a ladle of batter, spread if required. Cook on low – medium flame. Cook the pancakes for a min or so and flip them over and cook for another min.
- Serve hot with honey / maple syrup / butter / cream / chocolate sauce
Try with glutinous rice flour / regular fine rice flour in place of all purpose flour for an healthier option.
Also if you dont mind using eggs, you can use 2 eggs in place of milk.
I got 12 medium size pancake with the above qty.
You can also use cinnamon powder (1/2 tsp) instead of choco chips. Also you can use a combination of cinnamon chips and choco chips.Though it tastes better on the same day, you can refrigerate the leftover for 2 days. Microwave for 30 seconds before serving.
I didn’t grease the pan with oil or butter for frying the pancakes. If your pancakes are sticking to the pan, it’s better to grease the pan.