India x USA

Malpua pancakes

Name: Malpua pancakes
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/4 cup milk powder (powdered milk); 1/4 cup crumbled khoa; 2/3 cup divided sugar; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; a pinch baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); 1 tsp lightly crushed fennel seeds; 1/2 tsp cardamom; 1 cup milk; 1/4 cup curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 1 egg; 2 tbsp divided ghee; 1/3 cup water; a pinch saffron; 1/4 cup lightly whipped fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream); 1 1/2 tbsp chopped pistachios

A fluffy diner stack that grew up eating malpua at Holi.

35 minTime

13 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

567kcal

13 gprotein

2 gfibre

35minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups

Milk powder (powdered milk)¼ cup

Khoa¼ cup, crumbled

Sugar⅔ cup, divided

Baking powder1½ tsp

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)a pinch

Fennel seeds1 tsp, lightly crushed

Cardamom½ tsp

Milk1 cup

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)¼ cup

Egg1

Ghee2 tbsp, divided

Water⅓ cup

Saffrona pinch

Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)¼ cup, lightly whipped

Pistachios1½ tbsp, chopped

Method

6 steps

1Simmer 120 g sugar with the water and saffron for 4 minutes to a light syrup. Keep warm.
2Whisk the maida, milk powder, baking powder, baking soda, fennel, cardamom and 20 g sugar. Rub in the khoa with your fingers.
3Whisk the milk, curd, egg and 1 tbsp melted ghee and stir into the dry mix until just combined. Rest 5 minutes.
4Heat a tawa on medium low, smear with ghee and pour 1/4 cup batter per pancake. Cook until bubbles pop on top, about 2 minutes, then flip and cook 1 minute more.
5Dip each hot pancake into the warm syrup for a few seconds and stack them on plates.
6Top the stacks with whipped cream and pistachios and serve warm.

Serve it like this

Stack four pancakes, crown with cream, scatter pistachios and pour a little warm saffron syrup down one side.

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