Cheesy Curried Veg Pancakes

TIME FOR SOME VEGGIE PANCAKES!

These are a great alternative pancake to try this Shrove Tuesday and a new favourite of mine!

Ingredients (4-6 pancakes)

PANCAKE BATTER:

220g Self Raising flour

1 teaspoon Salt (or to taste)

2 teaspoons Mild Curry Powder

350g Skimmed Milk

A Knob of Butter

THE REST:

3-4 Spring Onions

Half a Courgette

4-5 fresh Mushrooms

A handful of fine Green Beans

2 large handfuls of Spinach

A large handful of your favourite Cheddar

Half a teaspoon of Paprika

Salt and Pepper to taste

Sweet Chilli Sauce to serve with (optional)

METHOD:

Put some cooking butter in your frying pan of choice and waiting till it's fizzing. Then throw in your diced spring onions and cook them for a minute on a high heat until they soften slightly.

Then add your sliced courgette, turned down to a more medium heat. I like to grind some pepper over the mixture at this point.

Add your chopped green beans and chopped mushrooms and stir until the courgette softens and start to become more translucent. This should take no more than 5 minutes. The mushrooms should be squeaking and basically cooked too.

Turn the heat down to low and cover your mixture with as much spinach as will fit. Leave it on top for 30 seconds then stir it in and it will start to wilt down very quickly. Repeat until you've ran out of spinach.

Take your pan off the heat for a minute while you make the batter. The mixture will continue to cook down for a bit.

Mix the flour and milk together in a bowl with a whisk. Add a knob of butter and microwave it for a minute to melt the butter into the mixture. Stir and add the curry powder.

Take most of the veg mixture out of the pan, leaving enough for one pancake. Put the pan back on a high heat and spoon the batter on top of the mixture till it covers the veg and forms a circle.

Sprinkle the grated cheese on top of the pancake and wait till tiny bubbles start to form in the mixture and the edge of the pancake starts to set. This should take about 3-5 minutes depending on how hot your pan is.When this happens use a spatula to ease the pancake loose and then flip it over. Cook it on this side for the same amount of time.

Now it's time to put your pancake on a plate! As you lift the pancake be careful to include the now melted cheese on the first side.

Serve with some sweet chilli sauce or your favourite sauce of choice and enjoy! Then repeat the last part to make more until all the batter is gone!

Emma Evans