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Post by bazfaz on Mar 19, 2009 21:28:12 GMT
Mrs Faz made moong dahl pancakes this evening.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2009 21:34:31 GMT
Oh, I thought you had found some pancake sized oysters.
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Post by tillystar on Mar 19, 2009 21:38:41 GMT
Oh you do pick your moments. I have just got in from work, its too late to bother cooking and I am peckish but there is nowt to pick at.
Go on, why don't you just finish me off and tell me you had a slab of walnut and coffee cake after dinner.
Bah, I am off to see if I can rustle up half a frozen pea or something.
(A bout a year and a half ago I brought a 1.25kg bag of moong dhal (its all they had...) and we have only ever used it to make those pancakes and we just finished the bag. Thats a whole lotta pancakes!)
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 19, 2009 21:38:46 GMT
No, not her.
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Post by tillystar on Mar 20, 2009 9:16:30 GMT
You made me dream of moong dhal pancakes last night, I was eating them in Trafalgur Square and people were being shot at but I was looking on quite calmly as if it was a movie, just munching on the beauties. Bizarre.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 21, 2009 13:24:27 GMT
I've never even heard of a moong dahl pancake.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 21, 2009 13:28:30 GMT
They are delicious. That is all I'll say.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2009 13:28:37 GMT
me either
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 21, 2009 18:33:43 GMT
I want some! can we have a recipe, please?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2009 20:04:51 GMT
I've never even heard of a moong dahl pancake. Nor I. |
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 21, 2009 21:04:39 GMT
Isn't Moong Dahl Frank Zappa's daughter?
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Post by normal on Mar 21, 2009 23:25:32 GMT
 No, Moon Unit
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2009 14:52:47 GMT
Never Mind,found it elsewhere.
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Post by BigIain on Mar 22, 2009 16:26:42 GMT
does anyone have a recipe which has been tried and trusted? They sound delicious
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 23, 2009 3:40:06 GMT
I'm with you, Iain. There's really no point to this thread without a recipe! Here are a bunch of google hits. That's not really the tried & trusted item you seek, but maybe it will jump-start someone here into posting a home recipe. The second hit (Pancakes at Dawn) has a good clear recipe and useful comments. The first hit (Food for Thought) has nice photos & some extra recipes. Maybe you will be the first person with a tried & trusted recipe! |
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 23, 2009 8:55:49 GMT
We are flying back to France later this morning so I might be able to get Mrs Faz to produce the recipe.
However we have given the recipe in the past and Tilly has made it. If you are impatient you can try persuading Ms Star to give it.
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Post by tillystar on Mar 23, 2009 9:34:55 GMT
Well I must confess after making them once I lost Baz's recipe and used this one which is on the site Bix found. It is pretty similiar but we always use the peas it suggests at the end as sure they were in Baz's recipe. They really are good, so always make more than you think you will need:
Moong Dal Pancakes
Here's a tasty pancake made from moong dal. It requires a soaking time, so prepare in advance. There are many recipes for pancakes made with dals but I'm going to post Madhur Jaffrey's as I have found it to be most efficent.
Ingredients-
185g moong (mung) dal
A 2cm cube of fresh ginger roughly chopped (or more, to your taste)
3 cloves of garlic
1-2 hot green chillies
Salt
1/4 teaspoon tumeric
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (optional, the pancakes will work without it but will be less airy and light)
1 small onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped corainder
Salt
Serves-
Makes 9-15 pancakes, depending on how big you make them. Should serve at least 5-10.
Method-
1. Soak the dal in 850ml of water for at least 5 hours, or overnight.
2. Drain the dal. Start your food processor or blender and drop in the ginger, garlic, green chilli and onion. When they are finely chopped, put in the dal and blend until you have a sort of paste. Add 100ml water, the salt, bicarbonate of soda and turmeric. Blend till you have thick, well mixed batter. Pour into a jug or bowl and stir in the coriander.
3. Heat a pancake pan over a medium heat. Use oil if you wish. Pour your preferred amount of batter on to the pan, and spread it out with the back of a spoon. Drizzle with oil, if using.
4. Cook till golden brown, then flip and cook until it develops brown spots.
5. Repeat for remaining batter, ensuring that you stir the batter well before using as it tends to settle out.
Variations-
You can leave out the onion if you wish. Madhur Jaffrey has another almost identical recipe in which she adds 50g of shelled peas to the batter while blending. I have tried this, and it is very delicious!
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Post by spindrift on Mar 23, 2009 9:41:24 GMT
Mmmmm...that sounds interesting. I shall try it.
Do you eat the pancake by itself or do you put a filling in it? if so, what sort of filling?
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Post by tillystar on Mar 23, 2009 9:46:40 GMT
I am not sure how they are supposed to be eaten but we have them as a side dish with a curry; sometmes with rice as well but sometimes just on its own, I really like them with a bowl of lentil or potato curry and a little lime pickle.
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Post by BigIain on Mar 23, 2009 20:24:07 GMT
Thanks Tilly, I reckon I will give these a try on the weekend.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 23, 2009 21:33:09 GMT
Tilly has the recipe that is almost what Mrs Faz uses - except she puts in the peas.
It really is good.
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Post by BigIain on Mar 24, 2009 8:28:38 GMT
 I do not have a blender, will very finely chopped and then hand blended be ok?
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 24, 2009 8:34:32 GMT
Iain, you would do best to buy a blender. Even with a blender it takes a long time to reduce the lentils to a sort of oatmeal consistency.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2009 16:34:35 GMT
Do you have a food processor, Iain? I'm with Baz, a blender is a very handy thing to have. You can make salsas and gazpachos and vegetable/cream soups and milkshakes and fruit shakes and ....... well, you get the idea.
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Post by BigIain on Mar 24, 2009 18:28:58 GMT
I would most likely only use it the once. I will look in to it, then list it on the kitchen gadget thread.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 18:36:54 GMT
I use my food processor regularly, generally for grating potatoes and onions for potato pancakes. I have also grated carrots in it many times. I rarely think of it for other uses.
In the same vein, I liked the blender I had, and when it died, I bought a new one. That was about 9 months ago, and the new one is still sitting in a box that I haven't opened.
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Post by BigIain on Mar 24, 2009 18:42:32 GMT
hmmm, would one of the smallish hand-held blenders do a good enough job? I have no idea about these things.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 24, 2009 21:24:34 GMT
Our food processor also has a blender attachment. So buy one of those. Indeed I am reminded by the sounds from the kitchen that it also has a juicer attachment - orange juice for breakfast.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 24, 2009 22:19:19 GMT
Yes Iain. Buy a small hand blender. My daughter has 'borrowed' mine. I'd better buy a new one. Hand blender for Iain.  |
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Post by BigIain on Mar 25, 2009 7:19:49 GMT
Thanks guys, may get one at the weekend.
I had thought about putting the dahl through my juicer actually!!!!
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No, Moon Unit
