Savory Pancakes

Serve with your favorite sauce or salsa or butter.

Ingredients:
Wheat flour (Atta) - 1 cup
Baking soda - 1/8 tsp
Salt - to taste
Peppercorns - 1/4 tsp, crushed.
(Optional) Carom seeds (Ajwain) - 1/4 tsp, crushed.(You can use cumin seeds. Add spices as per your taste.)

Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp
Egg - 1
Yogurt - 1 tbsp
Water - 1 cup or as needed (Use chicken stock for more flavor)
Milk - 1/3 cup

Vegetables - 1 cup, grated or very finely chopped. (Use Spinach, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Onion, Potatoes or any other vegetable of your choice. You may use a combination of vegetables. Finely grate the vegetables. Paneer or cheese can also be used.)

(Optional) Herbs - 1 tsp (Use fresh or dry parsley, cilantro leaves, kasuri meethi - dry fenugreek leaves or any other herb or your choice)

Method:

• Mix flour, salt, baking soda, peppercorn and cumin/carom seeds in a bowl.
• In another bowl, beat the egg.
• Add milk, oil, yogurt and mix well.
• Add the liquid ingredients to the flour mix and stir with a whisk.
• Add chopped herbs and grated vegetables.
• Add water as required to make a smooth batter without lumps. Mix well.
• Keep aside for half an hour.
• Heat a nonstick griddle.
• Use 1/3 cup measure or a ladle and pour the batter on the hot griddle. Add a drop or 2 of oil if reguired.
• Cook over medium heat for 3-4 minutes on each side or till light brown.
• Serve hot.

For those of you who like to eat chicken or shrimp, you can try the following:

• Heat a pan and add about 1 tsp of oil.
• Add 1 cup of minced chicken or shrimp and salt and stir for 2-3 minutes.
• Add this to the pancake batter instead of vegetables or you may add vegetables that go with shrimp/chicken.