Chocolate Chip Plantain Pancakes

You will love this take on pancakes, featuring plantains in place of bananas. Plantains and nondairy chocolate chips are mixed into a light, fluffy pancake batter for a vegan dish that’s sure to improve your weekend brunch! Plantains are banana’s starchier cousins, and are filled with vitamins and nutrients, and take on a sweeter flavor and softer texture when cooked. Top these pancakes with maple syrup for some extra sweetness!

This recipe comes to us from Tomi Makanjuola of Vegan Nigerian.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• ½ very ripe plantain
• 1 cup (200ml) non-dairy milk of choice
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup (100g) self-rising flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 4 tbsp (25g) sugar
• Handful non-dairy chocolate chips
• Sunflower oil, for frying
• Maple syrup, to serve

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, mash the ripe plantain and whisk in the non-dairy milk and vanilla extract.

2. Mix the self-rising flour, baking powder and sugar in another bowl and make a well in the center. Pour in the liquid mixture and stir until well combined.

3. Fold in the chocolate chips.

4. Heat a small amount of sunflower oil in a frying fan.

5. Drop spoonfuls of the batter into the pan, spreading to desired thickness with the back of a spoon. Brown on one side for 3-4 minutes then flip over and brown the other side for a further 1-2 minutes.

6. Repeat the process until you have used up all the batter.

7. Serve warm with a generous drizzle of maple syrup and more chocolate chips.