Weekend Special! Bub Special Golden Pancakes

Betty bought a bit of batter. A real treat for the weekend. I asked my close friend Radhika ( fellow foodie and an intelligent Delhi Yellow Pages) for her pancake recipe. Her pancakes have been legendary since the 1990s. In the days of yore when waffles, hot dogs and pancakes were only available in Archie comics.

Here goes (text by Radhika Arora)

I usually use allrecipes.com for my pancake recipe...the ingredients I use are given below. I think the reason my pancakes were so popular is because I used to make them in the 1990s - when they weren't available anywhere, and we were young and could eat four or five pancakes at a time!!! Some personal variations are today on the accompaniments:

--- Lots of butter and Dabur honey (since it has that slightly commercial taste) or marmalade or maple syrup. I usually stay away from commercial pancake syrup!  Nutella & other chocolates work well

--- If you skip the soda it turns into crepes... you can wrap pieces of chocolate in the crepes

--- add some fruit to the pancake mix - canned blueberries.... or packaged chopped prunes..

--- some people use very diluted buttermilk in their pancakes to give it a tangy flavor!

My usual recipe:

baking soda

eggs

maida

milk

and a little regular vegetable oil

Here is the Allrecipes version for 4 pancakes

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center, and pour in milk, egg and oil. Mix until smooth.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.
   
   
   
    (the images are not mine and are from various sources on the internet, I will soon start putting up my own)