Couch Cooking: pancakes and mango compote

Pancakes are the perfect b'fast for weekends. I have been requested by friends to share my recipe. Today I will show you how to make pancakes at home using none of that pancake mix you get at the stores. I will serve it with some simple homemade mango compote and fresh watermelon juice.

There are 3 elements to this:

the pancakes.
the mango compote.
the watermelon juice. (made at home in a juicer with all the seeds and pulp and no added sugar)

mango compote ingredients:

1 large mango diced
1 lime juice and zest.
3 tbsp powdered sugar
1 mug/100ml water

Add all ingredients to a sauce pan and boil on low heat with lid on till all the water evaporates. Mash the pulp, transfer to a bowl and chill it.

Pancakes ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour (atta/ maida, I used atta)
2 eggs.
1 tbsp cinnamon powder (optional)
1 tbsp baking powder.
3 tbsp powderd sugar or 4 tbsp honey.
250 ml buttermilk/ half packet of plain mother diary chaach (can be substituted with milk or curd+water, but buttermilk is the best)
4 tbsp olive oil ( you can use melted butter or refined oil)

Mix all dry ingredients in one bowl and all wet ingredients in another bowl.

After that slowly combine the wet into the dry bowl, using a spatula in a folding motion.

Once you have a thick-ish runny consistency (should be perfect if you use the exact amounts, they made around 14 mini pancakes of 3 inches diameter), use a ladle or a small bowl to start pouring in small quantities of the batter into your griddle/pan which has been on medium low heat on the stove.

*Use a non stick pan for best results, no one likes oily pancakes.

You will notice small bubbles, its normal because of the baking powder we added. Once you pancake looks like it's edges are firming up(should take about 2-3 minutes), gently flip it.

Dont worry about the shape , they will soon look adorable and taste like heaven

Once you flip it, it needs just 1 more minute on the griddle. Then you can trim them and dust some castor sugar and cinnamon powder on top while they are hot.