Carrot & Raisin Pikelets | Pancakes from Australia
Pikelets are golden looking pancakes, an Australian staple, served with jam and butter. These soft and fluffy, eggless pancakes, are also famous in Scotland, Britain and New Zealand.
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Pancakes : What is It?
According to WIKI, a pancake also known as hotcake, griddlecake, flapjack. It is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. It is a type of batter bread.
Though a south-indian, we at home love a good loaded pancake. These Malaysian Apam Balik with crunchy peanuts wins hands down at home. My personal favorite is this Apple pancake with spelt flour, eggless pancake loaded with apples and served with honey drizzle.
Nutritionist recommend to have a protein rich breakfast, as it can keep you full for a long hours. Pancakes are an easy to incorporate the necessary carbs and protein for your meal. Check these gluten-free, hearty protein pancakes
If you want a break from sweet pancakes, try these savory pancakes from Asian Cuisine Chinese Scallion Pancakes and Japanese Okonomiyaki
What is Pikelets?
Pikelets are small pancakes from Australia/New Zealand, served for breakfast or afternoon tea along with whipped cream/jam or plain butter.
These gorgeous golden pikelets are known differently according to the regions they are made. In North of the United Kingdom and Scotland, they are called dropped scones, dropped crumpets, or even griddle cakes. In the south they are called Scotch pancakes.
These cute looking eggless pancakes are easy to make, takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish. They make a great breakfast, add some veggies like i have some shredded carrots to this, to make it more nutritious. They can be served as a snack any time of the day, with some fresh homemade strawberry jam and cream.
Indian Pancakes
In India, we have our own concept of pancakes. In South it is called dosai or adai, and in North India, it is called chilla or cheela. Unlike western pancakes, Indian version doesn't need any eggs and we make it different kind of flours, including millet flour.
Check this Delicious Kodi ki roti, made of ragi, finger millet. Challatulu, a tangy, thick rice flour pancake, from Andhra Pradesh. This Wheat flour dosai, is a regular at many south-indian household when they run out of regular idly/dosa batter. And our protein rich Besan ka Cheela | Gram flour pancake, which is so versatile and can be made rich and colorful.
Ingredients to Make Australian Pikelets
- Main ingredients : Flour , baking powder, sugar and salt are the main ingredients to make this Australian pikelets recipe.
- Liquid : I have used full fat milk to make the batter for this egg-free pancake.
- Add-ons : I have used shredded carrots and raisins to make these golden pancakes more colorful and nutritious.
- Flavorings : I have added a dash of cinnamon to this fluffy pancake. you can add ginger powder, nutmeg or some all spice to jazz up these eggless soft and fluffy Scottish pancake
How to Make Eggless Scottish Pancake
Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions
- In a wide bowl, mix in the dry ingredients, along with shredded carrots and raisins and cinnamon powder.
- To this slowly add milk and make a thick pourable batter.
- Heat a pancake pan, i have used my uthappam pan, grease it with butter, pour a ladle of batter in each of the pancake hole.
- Cook well on both sides. Serve it warm with a side of jam and butter. I served it with chocolate cream cheese sauce as kids prefer this way.
Carrot & Raisin Pikelets | Pancakes from Australia
Equipment
- Tava/Pan for making the pancake
Ingredients
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- 1¼ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup shredded carrots
- 2 tablespoon raisins
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
- ¼ cup Butter for drizzling the pancakes
Instructions
- Take shredded carrots in a bowl, add flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and raisins to it. Whisk well to a get a homogeneous mixture.
- Now slowly add milk to this mixture and make a pour-able batter. Do not add more milk, this amount is enough to get at hick pour-able pancake batter
- Heat a non-stick pan, i used my Uthappam pan, as i felt it is convenient to make equal sized pancakes with it.
- Add a dot of butter into pan, followed by half a ladle of batter into each pancake hole.
- Let it cook in a simmer flame for a minute or two, flip carefully to the other side and let it cook for another minute. Be patient, or else you will end up with uncooked center.
- Once cooked remove it to another plate. Stack 2 or 3 pancakes on a plate, drizzle the Chocolate cream cheese sauce on top, garnish with banana slices and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.
Oh my God Priya ! You surely rock , you have challenged yourself beautifully , wow kudos girl !
Aw we couldn't have missed you , a big hug back.
Coming to the super amazing combo , i am loving it , very interesting !
Wow I can imagine the flavored just by the look of it.Absolutely stunning dish.Awesome choice.
So excited to see you are in.... Yaay... And a great start to the marathon... Looks super yummy
Glad you could join and you did it with bang! I are really amazing, you have sub theme? Looking forward to your posts. Pikelets look delicious and nice pictures.
Wow giving yourself extra themes within the themes...kudos to you. That last pic has me drooling
Priya that will be so so interesting..even I wanted to do in alphabetical order, but surely not in BF theme, then dropped it..can't wait to see the dishes you have lined up!..so good that you could join us, I know I can depend on princy..:)
Thanks Princy !!!! and Priya Kuddos to you. This is an awesome delicious and yummy pancake waiting just for me.
glad you joined us Priya other wise we could have missed all your delicious recipes and beautiful pictures. Super delicious looking combo.....
You created a sub theme!! Wow!! And these pancakes with that delicious sauce is a winner.Yum..
That is a stunning plate of pancakes and chocolate sauce.
Very happy that you joined us Priya. Even I thought of dropping this BM and again it is Vaishali who spoke to me and gave the strength to join. We are one great happy family!!! And the pancake looks so inviting with the sauce drizzled.
I sure your kiddos must have enjoyed these because they are super delicious.
You have sub theme !! Wow!! That's great!!! Looking forward to your recipe.. The pancake looks absolutely delicious and nicely presented too..
superb.. this is pretty new to me.. yummy
Droolworthy pikelets, trust me pikelets were in my list while am planning for my list, dunno why i dropped it.
Love that chocolate sauce, cant resist here..
Glad you joined Priya. I too thought of breakfast theme and though not doing it for the entire month, I am doing as many as I can.
And that's a lovely start to the marathon.
What yummy looking pikelets -- will have to try for my kids.
The perfect way to level up my pancakes!
Priya I love pikelets and that is what I have almost everyday whenever I visit my family in London. Warm pikelets with melted butter is absolutely delicious. Now I am so tempted to give your carrot and raisin pikelets a try. Such a wonderful idea, almost like having a carrot cake.
Thanks to you breakfast for my father-in-law is sorted. He likes pancakes and dosas eggless ones of course so these carrot raisin piklets are getting made this week.
Priya, these pikelets are so delicious! With the chocolate cream cheese sauce topping, the visual appeal is flawless. My son is extremely fond of such pancakes from around the world. When he comes home for his summer vacation, I intend to make these pikelets for him. By the way, now I cannot get away any further - I must buy this mini pancake pan.
I had heard about crumpets and pancakes, this name and recipe of Pikelets is sure to win me brownie points from my lil munchkin who likes a sweet breakfast. perfectly made, Priya !