Courgette Pancakes

Posted by Fourth Lizard

(Adapted from www.just hungry.com)

Makes 4 side serving size pancakes (3pp each) or two big ones (6pp each).  The beauty of this recipe is that the courgettes and gram flour are the basics, add whatever you fancy to taste.  Here is one of my combinations but really almost anything goes…… I love the taste of them and although the gram flour makes them quite pointy, it is an excellent source of protein and really filling.  They also taste great cold the next day.

Ingredients:

3 Medium Courgettes (add courgette flowers as optional extra)

Fresh Coriander, Cumin Seeds, Red Chilli Flakes, Garlic

Grated rind of a lemon and some juice

Approx. 130g of Gram Flour (depends on size of courgettes)

Instructions:

Grate the courgettes into a bowl

Add sliced coriander, cumin and chilli along with minced garlic

Add the gram flour and stir through.  This will be quite stiff to start with but after a while the juice from the courgettes will loosen the flour into an almost batter type consistency.  You can leave for 5 min and come back.  If you need to loosen it you can add water or lemon juice.

Heat a non-stick frying pan on medium heat having misted with cooking spray.  Put in the batter (in whatever shape you fancy) and cook for around 5 min then flip them over and cook them for another 5 min until golden brown.  You can cut down the middle to see if cooked inside and if the batter is still oozing a bit – keep going!