How to make pancakes with sweet potato
Sweet potato pancake, is a healthy pancake prepared by mixing cooked sweet potatoes with the regular pancake batter.
When it comes to sweet potato, I would prefer a spicy pan-roasted one (Sweet potato roast) or this pancake. I know both recipes are extremely opposite to each other in taste and cuisines. But you will have to try these both to choose your favorite.
With sweet potatoes, there are many recipes available around the world with different cuisines. A few popular from Indian cuisine are sweet potato spicy mash(sakkarai vazhi kizhangu podimas), sweet potato vada, cutlets and kheer.
Western cuisine includes Sweet potato chips, fries, toast and sweet potato hash, etc.
Why you should include sweet potatoes in your diet?
Sweet potatoes are packed with excellent essential nutrients like Vitamin A, C and many more.
Have a look at the list here,
- These sweet potatoes are root vegetables and very high in starch, fiber, Vitamins(A, C, B6) and minerals(Manganese, Potassium, Copper & Niacin)
- Further, sweet potatoes help in promoting gut health and digestion.
- An abundant amount of antioxidants help in good brain health, gut health and immune system health.
- Moreover, these potatoes help in reducing inflammation and in turn may help as an anti-cancer agent. However, studies are still going on to prove these.
- Above all, sweet potatoes are rich in beta-carotene and anthocyanins, antioxidants that may help prevent vision loss and improve eye health.
You can find more info on “https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/”
If you have a fuzzy eater at home this pancake is an easy way of sneaking sweet potatoes in their breakfast and dinner.
Today I showed you how to cook/boil sweet potatoes before adding in pancake batter. You can also bake or broil or pan roast these, mash and add in the batter. Mash them well if you like to not having any traces of it in your pancakes. In fact, my kids do like the tiny potato chunks and hence I don’t bother mashing them into a paste. Feel free to do as you like.
In addition to that, as you may know, these potatoes are naturally sweet and only need very less added sugar. Again it’s a personal choice to add sugar or jaggery powder or honey or any other natural sweetener. Pancakes are versatile, anything you add or change, the final product will be still impressive as long as the texture of the batter holds good.
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Sweet potato pancake | How to make pancakes with sweet potato
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 medium-sized Sweet potatoes 400g
- 1 cup water (approx. to boil)
- 1 cup Whole wheat flour
- ½ cup brown sugar/white sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- ½ cup lukewarm milk or water
Instructions
Preparation:
How to cook sweet potatoes:
- Wash the sweet potatoes with running water.
- Peel the skin with a skin remover.
- Chop into rough big sized pieces.
- Add a cup of water just enough to boil them.
- Cover with a lid and cook for around eight minutes.
- Check the doneness by poking a knife or fork in the potatoes. If they get in easily then switch off the stove. You can also bake the sweet potatoes instead of boiling.
- Immediately drain the excess water, take the cooked sweet potatoes in a plate and mash well.
How to make pancake batter:
- In another mixing bowl, take a cup of whole wheat flour.
- Add half a cup of brown sugar or plain sugar.
- Next add a quarter tsp of cinnamon powder, 1/2 tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- Give a good mix to all the dry ingredients well with a fork.
- Add two whole eggs, melted butter and the mashed sweet potatoes.
- Also, add a half cup of lukewarm milk or water to adjust the consistency of the batter.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients well with an egg beater.
How to cook sweet potato pancakes:
- Heat a nonstick griddle or pan to medium temperature.
- Grease the pan with a drop of oil.
- Drop a large spoon full of batter on the hot griddle. Do not spread.
- Cover with a lid and cook the bottom for two minutes.
- You can do two to three pancakes at a time.
- Be careful as the bottom side of the pancake turns brown very fast because of the brown sugar.
- Flip the pancake with a spatula gently and cook the other side for two more minutes.
- Remove from the tawa and repeat the process for the rest of the batter.
- Serve the sweet potato pancakes with honey or maple syrup. In fact, they don't need any accompaniment as it has natural potato sweetness and sugar.
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Notes
1) Instead of boiling the sweet potatoes you can pan roast them or boil them or bake them or microwave them. Any method works fine as long as they are cooked perfectly.
2) For natural sweetness cut back the extra sugar and replace it with some organic honey.
Nutrition
How to cook sweet potatoes:
- Wash the sweet potatoes with running water. Peel the skin with a skin remover.
- Chop into rough big sized pieces. Add a cup of water just enough to boil them.
- Cover with a lid and cook for around eight minutes.
- Check the doneness by poking a knife or fork in the potatoes. If they get in easily then switch off the stove. You can also bake the sweet potatoes instead of boiling them.
- Immediately drain the excess water, take the cooked sweet potatoes on a plate and mash well.
How to make pancake batter:
- In another mixing bowl, take a cup of whole wheat flour.
- Add half a cup of brown sugar or plain sugar.
- Next add a quarter tsp of cinnamon powder, 1/2 tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- Give a good mix to all the dry ingredients well with a fork.
- Add two whole eggs, melted butter and the mashed sweet potatoes.
- Also, add a half cup of lukewarm milk or water to adjust the consistency of the batter.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients well with an egg beater.
How to cook sweet potato pancakes:
- Heat a nonstick griddle or pan to medium temperature. Grease the pan with a drop of oil.
- Drop a large spoon full of batter on the hot griddle. Do not spread.
- Cover with a lid and cook the bottom for two minutes.
- You can do two to three pancakes at a time. Be careful as the bottom side of the pancake turns brown very fast because of the brown sugar.
- Flip the pancake with a spatula gently and cook the other side for two more minutes.
- Remove from the tawa and repeat the process for the rest of the batter.
- Serve the sweet potato pancakes with honey or maple syrup. In fact, they don’t need any accompaniment as it has natural potato sweetness and sugar.
Tips:
1) Instead of boiling the sweet potatoes you can pan roast them or bake them or microwave them. Any method works fine as long as the potatoes are cooked perfectly.
2) For natural sweetness cut back the extra sugar and replace it with some organic honey.
