Hellloooo everyone!
Guess what today is, it’s my 6 year blogiversary… Yeah. I’ve been at this for a long time and I feel like I say it every year but I’m always surprised that I haven’t gotten tired of it yet. No matter how busy I am, I always find time for my blog. My food blog is a space that I truly enjoy and find peace and comfort. I am not a huge blogger so I love the people who read my blog. I am forever grateful to you all! Thank you all very much from the bottom of my heart!
Now let’s kick start the day with a good breakfast!
I’ve always been a morning person so I love breakfast. For me it really is an important meal and I would never skip it. I was brought up in a family that believes in breakfast and eating together at family meals. Following in my mother’s footsteps, I am intent on extending love by cooking breakfast for my family even if it requires me to wake up early, as some days my husband and daughter leaves by 7:00AM. Feeding my daughter and husband before they leave the house for the day gives me great joy. And, the satisfaction on their faces inspires me to prepare breakfast every day. I believe such traditions should be passed down to our children. They will always remember the breakfasts that their mom cooked and hopefully they will do it for their children!
The following pancake recipe is for those who want their breakfast to be high in protein and low in sugar. These pancakes are everything they should be -satisfying, healthy, nutritious and completely delicious! I have always made oat pancakes with ricotta, but last week I used paneer as I didn’t get the gluten free ricotta that I normally buy. They ended up basically just like ricotta pancakes but much more sturdier. We all loved it and I made them again to share the recipe with you all. This recipe is very forgiving if you add a little too much flour and find the batter too thick; just stir in a little more milk to thin it out.
I served these pancakes with berry compote for extra deliciousness. You could certainly serve them with whatever you’d like – jam, coulis, marmalade, maple syrup, honey but I recommend serving them with my no sugar lavender berry compote. It’s so good. I love lavender for its perfume and color. It adds the herbal complement to this compote, but if you are not a fan, you can totally omit this and use vanilla instead.
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The culinary lavender used in the compote is fresh from the garden
These pancakes are fiber and protein rich and have a little more body than ricotta pancakes, thanks to the Indian cottage cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup oat flour
- 1 1/2 cup grated paneer
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp. maple syrup
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tbsp. oil
- No sugar lavender berry compote
Instructions
- Put oat flour, grated paneer, baking powder into a bowl and mix.
- Make a well in the center of your bowl, add in eggs, maple syrup, milk and oil, stir.
- Keep stirring until you have a smooth thick batter.
- Heat a lightly greased pan or electric grill over low heat.
- Using a ladle, drop batter onto the hot pan/ grill. Cook approximately for 2 minutes until the underside is golden and then flip to the other side and cook for another 2-3 minutes, until golden. Repeat with remaining batter until batter is used up.
- Serve warm with berry compote.
- To make no sugar lavender berry compote follow my recipe and add 2 tbsp. fresh lavender flowers or 1 tbsp. dried lavender flowers.
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Angie@Angie's Recipes
Happy Blogiversary, Balvinder! These oat pancakes look fantastic. I didn’t know that panner can be grated…thought it’s soft like tofu?
Balvinder
Thank you Angie!, Yeah, it is soft but it can be grated and crumbled.
Dolly
Happy Blogiversary, dear Balvinder, and best wishes for many more! What a lovely recipe!
Balvinder
Thanks so much Dolly!
Mandy
These sound amazing and I love the idea of adding paneer to the pancakes. Also the lavender compote sounds heavenly!
Balvinder
Thank you so much Mandy! Lavender adds a lovely floral aroma.
David @ Spiced
Well happy blogiversary, my friend! I love how you describe your food blog as a space of comfort…I feel the exact same way! I also love breakfast food, and these oat pancakes need to happen soon. Plus, that compote sounds amazing!! 🙂
Balvinder
Thanks David! I deeply appreciate your comment 🙂 Glad you like the recipe.
Also, your salmon burgers looked awesome.
Ritu Ahuja
Happy Blogiversary dear and best wishes. These pancakes look delicious, I wish I could grab a bite. Yum 🙂
Balvinder
Ah thank you, Ritu. Glad you like the pancakes so much.
Monica
Happy 6 years of blogging! I so enjoyed reading your words. I’m very happy you still find joy in blogging and I love how you show your love for your family through your cooking. Waking up early to prepare breakfast for them – and the fact that they clearly appreciate it – spreads a lot of love everywhere. : ) I am also a morning person – breakfast is what I look forward to first and foremost in the morning so I’m with you. Love these pancakes you made! I’ve been hooked on the multigrain ones I tried recently and I love learning about how you add paneer to these oat pancakes. Wonderful idea and gorgeous pairing with the compote.
Enjoy your cooking and your awesome family! I’m always happy to see your posts. xo
Balvinder
You have always been so sweet with your regular comments Monica. Thank you so much for such support. It means a lot to me. I am glad we found each other’s blogs. Love reading your posts and recipes too
Hugs. 🙂
natalia20041989
They look so tender and yummy☺
Balvinder
They really are Natalia. Thank you!
Juliana
These pancakes sound and look delicious, what a nice combination oats and paneer, not to mention the compote with lavender…what a lovely way to start the day!
Have wonderful week Balvinder 🙂
Balvinder
Thank you so much Juliana. The pancakes were very good with the compote. Hope you are having a great week!
Loretta
Happy Blogiversary Balvinder! Wow, what an accomplishment. Blogging truly is satisfying, I know exactly how you feel. The pancakes sound amazing, so healthy and nutritious.
Balvinder
Some hobbies give a feeling of satisfaction and food blogging is one of them. It has been my pleasure to get to know you. Thank you, Loretta!
Monika
Happy blogiversary! Wow, 6 years! No wonder you are such a pro at this:) The recipe is really lovely, I like paneer a lot so I’ll keep this recipe idea in mind for when I buy it next. Thank you for bringing it to #CooBlogShare:) And I followed you on Flipboard:)
Balvinder
Thank you Monika! All because of encouragement from friends like you. Yes, I remember you love paneer and your post on vegetbale quinoa with paneer.
Lathiya
Happy blogiversary.. pancakes looks absolute delish 😊
Balvinder
Thank you Lathiya!
Evi @ greenevi
Happy Blogiversary, Balvinder!
These pancakes look absolutely awesome and that compote with lavender sounds divine!
Balvinder
thank you so much, Evi!
marcie
Happy blog anniversary! Time certainly flies when you’re having fun doesn’t it? 🙂 Your family is so lucky that you cook for them every morning…I do it in advance because I’m lazy in the A.M.! I love the idea of using paneer in pancakes…they look so fluffy. And that compote is the perfect topping!
Balvinder
Thank You, Marcie. I like to make my family happy with my food, it’s important to me!
jacqui
Im not a morning person but I do love pancakes and do sometimes make them at the weekend when a later breakfast is the order of the day. I tend to stick to the same basic recipe but I am really interested to try these. Ive not heard of adding paneer before.
Balvinder
Paneer can be added to many recipes.I wonder why I never thought to do it. I hope you try these out…they are really good!
Easyfoodsmith
The paneer lover in me is loving these Paneer Oat Pancakes. A very happy bloganniversary dear. Wishing you many more. And it is good to see you on IG. Have a great week ahead.
Balvinder
Thank you Taruna! I now realize I also love paneer in pancakes – who knew! Hope you’re having a good week. saw your pepper chicken on IG, check the recipe later.
Katerina Delidimou
Happy anniversary to your blog Balvinder! Although I haven’t tried paneer yet, I bet these pancakes taste deliciously!
Balvinder
Thank you, Katerina! Even I haven’t thought of adding paneer to pancake before but it was a nice change from ricotta and taste delicious.