Author Notes: Purely an experimental effort which resulted in a fabulous sunday morning breakfast! —Panfusine
0Corn & mung pancake.
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1 cup split yellow mung beans
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 1 ear's worth of corn kernels
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeno deseeded & minced
- 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup sesame seeds
- Salt to taste
- plain seltzer water for diluting batter
Instructions
Step1: Soak the mung in warm water for 30 min until it rehydrates & plumps up
Step2: Using a blender, grind the mung beans along with the rice flour, lemon juice, jalapeno, salt & cayenne pepper until it becomes a smooth paste.
transfer to a bowl, wash the blender jar with seltzer and add the liquid to the batter along with the baking powder, enough to get an adequate thickness for pancake batter.
Step3: Using the sides of a chefs knife, smash the corn kernels well and add to the batter along with the cilantro & onion. Mix well to combine.
Step4: Heat a non stick skillet and sprinkle about 1/2 – 1 teaspoon of sesame seeds. when they begin to pop, ladle the batter evenly over the seeds. cook till golden brown (~ 2 minutes) on the underside. drizzle with oil & turn the pancake over to cook on the other side (~ 2 minutes)
Step5: Serve hot with a pat of salted butter.
This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Corn off the Cob
