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I’ve had a thing for mini pancakes for a while. I knew I had to make some! Trust me when I say that pancakes taste better when they’re mini. 10/10 would recommend.

Pancake flavors to try?
Here’s where you can go crazy and have some fun. You can do chocolate pancakes or a cookies ‘n cream pancake, add some strawberries or marshmallows, or cinnamon sugar, or nuts, add oreos for oreos pancake, bananas, vanilla, sprinkles, the world is your pancake canvas so go wild!

Pancakes can be sweet or spicy, cheesy or fruity with ice-cream or with bacon, with fried eggs or mushrooms, spiced or plain, you can do anything with it. There is no end to the number of combination of flavour’s you can make them by , either adding the ingredients in the batter or making a topping for it, go for it and enjoy those moments,share the making of them with someone or make it for someone special– be it yourself too… They are well worth the effort.

When you want to have an English breakfast, Pancakes and orange juice, freshly cooked eggs- pick your style and Toast slathered in butterare the main components of it, ofcourse bacon and cornflakes add to it. A lazy Day, invites one to have a good brunch and a high tea. The sizzle of Butter, the spread of batter on the pan , the smell of the vanilla essence hit my sweet spot, having me salivating for them on my platter.

5 Reasons why everyone just Love Pancakes :

1. The universal feel-good food that we just can’t live without.
2. They even have a day dedicated to them.
3. The fluffy texture and varied flavours have been cemented into our society for years and yet we still can’t get enough of them.
4. A touch of Nutella is the perfect accompaniment.
5. You can’t go wrong with pancakes, which is why they are just so right!

For those of you who are wondering what the Different name of pancakes are :

Flapjacks, crepes, griddlebacks, panky-doos, berry patches, flipjills, butter gutters, charlia browns, and okonomiyaki, to name a few. These are just a few of the many unique names from around the world – but you get the point!

P.S. I did some research 🤭

I could not resist my all time favourite the vanilla pancakes topped with a fresh strawberry sauce and steaming hot chocolate pancakes drizzled with a thick chocolate sauce…I am still salivating..

For those of you who would love to try these easy peasy mini pancakes, please feel free to ping me for the recipe.

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A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand 🍪

Another attempt of baking brought me to this yummy little bit of cookies which just melt in the mouth and create a feeling of a warm hug.

When sweet and salty get together and have a party, I always want to be invited.  Salted Caramel Cookies are definitely cause for celebration.  Soft, chewy and totally delicious…they are one of my favorites, keep scrolling down for the full recipe!

Dry ingredients :

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup jaggery
• 1/2 cup sugar for caramelization

Wet ingredients :

• 1 cup butter
• 1/4 – 1/2 cup milk
• 2 drops vanilla extract

Method :

1. Blend together in the grinder butter ,jaggery and salted caramel.
2. Pour it into a Bowl.
3. Sift in the dry ingredients and bring together the dough.
4. Grease a baking tray.
5. Place a spoon full of cookie dough on the tray leaving a gap between each.
6. Preheat the oven at 180° for 18 minutes.
7. Place the tray into the preheated oven. Set to cook at 150° for 18 minutes.
8. Cool and store the yummy magic gooey cookies 🥰

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Hope you are enjoying your Tea Time today! Tea is synonymous with India, be it the first cup of tea or our fifth, we treasure it. Be it our wake-up call at 6 am or the digestive tea at night, it is among those that plays an important criteria in running our day.

I am not promoting tea or any brand of it but would like to talk about the bite we eat along with it. An accompaniment to a tea varies from something healthy like a digestive biscuit or nuts to something scrumptious like crispy deep fried pakoras , to the heavily dipped maska buns and all in between.

To talk about food I am not a connoisseur but trust me my taste buds are good. To satisfy my gluttiious stomach and my salivating taste buds, everytime I watched Food Porn on TLC, I turned my hand to baking during this lockdown period. Raiding my mom’s ladder for all the staples at hand brought out the fact that baking needs no extravaganza. A few simple ingredients from the everyday store and Voila! The olfactory receptor goes tingling (sence of smell) . The classic smell of the buns baking had all the members of the household crowded over the tiny oven awaiting the ring of the bell.

The hot cuppa was awaiting these toasty buns dipped or slathered with butter as you like ( we had it with ) and trust me there was not a crumb left. Here follows the recipe..!

And here goes the list of magic that from nothing at all creates these small pockets of deliciousness that leave you asking for more being a novice at it myself, I must pat my back and raise my collar high when I kept the first bite of it on my tongue and have a melt in the mouth effect chased down by a hot sip of tea.

Dry ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp Yeast
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp soda
• 1 tsp salt and sugar
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• Assorted herbs

Wet Ingredients :

• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup milk

The cooking ingredients :

• To be sauteed in a heavy bottom vessel or a non stick pan.
• 1 finely chopped onion
• 2 green chillies
• A few curry leaves
• 1 tsp butter
• 1 tsp oil

Time to get the hands into it :

1. Sieve the dry ingredients twice to create a light bun to it. (Note : baking requires this extra effort when you want something light.)
2. Saute all the mentioned cooking ingredients till the onion changes golden brown in colour.
3. Leave it aside to cool.
4. While it’s cooking, in 2 tbsp of warm water , add in the yeast and sugar leave to ferment.
5. Combine everything bit by bit till you get a well Incorporated pileable dough.
6. Strech it out a little while kneading to get the elasticity in the dough going.
7. well for approximately 10 – 12 minutes to get that wow factor in your buns.
8. Coat with half a tea spoon of oil and leave in a warm place to prove for a period of two hours. After this you will see that the dough is almost double in size.
9. Punch it down and make even sized balls and place it on a greased baking tray and leave aside for half an hour.
10. Pre heat your oven at 220°C for 20 minutes.
11. Make a wash of 1 tbsp oil , 1 tbsp milk , a pinch of herbs. Brush the top of your buns with this milk wash and set to bake for a period of 18 minutes.
12. Be patient magic takes time.

Warning : do not burn the fingers or the tongue in the greed of popping a bite of these yummieness

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