BM # 73: Week 4, Day 1
Theme : Ingredient swap
Recipe: wheat germ pancakes with banana
Last month we had a mini blogger meet at Pavani’s place. It was a perfect timing since Valli had an interesting theme for February – Ingredients swap. So instead of mailing each other, we were able to exchange it when we met. All of us had about 3-4 ingredients to share and picked whatever we fancied from the lot. I ended up picking all three ingredients from Pavani.
My own (ingredient) shopping for the event was a hurried one. Its in my blood to postpone things to the last possible minute and you can’t question habits ingrained that deep. I realized much later that I had a lot more interesting ingredients right in my pantry itself. Well, may be for the next meet, I will be a little more smarter and shop my own pantry before rushing to the store.
I picked wheat germ from the lot for the first post and made a banana based wheat germ pancake. Its the first time I am using my tripod, so I was able to get some hands free maple syrup shot. Its an entirely different thing whether the pictures are good or not. Whats more important is the fact that I used the tripod ( last year’s birthday gift ) before my next birthday. So hurrah for that!
In my enthusiasm to get a good picture, I ended up pouring too much syrup and making my son very happy as a result. Eating pancakes drenched with syrup is a happy sacrifice from his end for my little space on the web :-). Read on for the recipe.
Recipe adapted from: Prevention RD
Ingredients:
- 1 cup wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup wheat germ
- 3 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- pinch salt
- 1 banana
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- about 1/2 cup milk
Method:
- Whisk the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Blend the banana, eggs, oil, vanilla. Add to the dry ingredients. Mix in enough milk to get the batter to the consistency of cake batter.
- Heat a pan. Pour 1/4 cup of the batter. Let the pancakes cook on a medium heat until the bubbles subside, flip carefully and let the top side cook as well. Take off the pan when golden brown. Serve with syrup.
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Beautiful shots rajani, love those fluffy pancakes!
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Wheat germ in pancakes sounds very nutritious and delicious.
Beautiful clicks Rajani. I usually end up pouring too much syrup on my pancakes too when I take the pour shots.
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Lovely clicks. Wheat germ in pancakes is brilliant.
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Absolutely gorgeous clicks. Honestly, I haven’t read the post yet because I can’t stop looking at and admiring your clicks.
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Awesome pancakes.Love them.This is the first time I am looking at wheat germ somehow it never occurred to me to check up. Thanks.
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photos are just awesome and I would love to dig into these pancakes on a Sunday morning
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Wow,Such a tempting picture and healthy pancake. First time, heard about wheat germ.Just now searched about in google and know about the health benefits. How is it taste? like oats?
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Such a healthy and delicious share!!
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Omg, that first click is super catchy and beautiful.. Stunning fluffy pancakes there.
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That’s very nice. Love the addition of wheat germ. Thanks to this theme.. Got to meet Smruti. :-) Love the syrup drenched pancakes.
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The shot is lovely and the image is so crisp and sharp. You should use the tripod more often. You will love it, though it comes with it’s own limitations.
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You really know how to crack us up and make us feel happy that all that syrup drenched :)..lovely shot..and never worry you have lot of company for doing things in the last moment…
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There is nothing like too-much-syrup in Pancakes Rajani.. :) Yo have captured it beautifully. Happy son and a happy blogger.. :)
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That is a great shot of the dripping syrup. I have to start using my tripod for such pictures. Wheat germ is a great product and I love the earthiness of it.
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Wonderful shots n a healthy dish there ! I don’t even know what’s in my pantry sometimes n miss out on using them before the expiry date !
By the way m gonna ping u offline on how best to use a tripod :))
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That is a beautiful shot Rajani. Pancakes look so fluffy and the syrup drenched ones look absolutely inviting. Guess what, even I postponed the ingredient selection until the last minute.
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