Quick and simple pancake recipe

Because everyday is a great day for pancakes

KARACHI: There cannot be a simpler and more delightful recipe to make in your kitchen than pancakes. Pancakes are just happy food. There’s something exciting about watching them fluff up and turn golden. Whether it’s a weekend breakfast you’re preparing or a midnight craving you want to appease, these babies can be whipped up in no time.

Fluffy, light and moist, that’s how they should be -- as for flavor pairing, sky’s the limit. You can have them with bananas and caramel, strawberries and chocolate, blueberries, plain maple syrup or chocolate sauce, a dollop of ice cream, whatever tickles your fancy. Just don’t forget the butter!

Here’s the only pancake recipe you’ll ever need:

Ingredients for pancakes: PHOTO: Sumayia Asif

Time:
15 minutes

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
I teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon fine grain sugar
¾ cup buttermilk*
2 tablespoons melted butter
Pinch of salt
*Make buttermilk by adding milk to a tablespoon of vinegar and resting the mixture for ten minutes

Method:
Sift flour into a large bowl and mix with all the other dry ingredients.
Whisk egg with the buttermilk in another bowl until combined.
Next add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients whisking lightly until you get a uniform batter.

Now we’re ready to fry the pancakes.

Heat a flat pan on medium heat brush with some oil using a pastry brush. Then using a small ladle pour about a quarter cup of the batter on the hot pan. Once bubbles start forming and popping atop the surface of the mixture, flip the pancakes. They should be nice and golden.

PHOTO: Sumayia Asif

One flipped, the pancakes should fluff up. Wait till nice and golden underneath as well. Then take off the pan. And that’s it! Serve with the topping of your choice.

PHOTO: Sumayia Asif