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Whole Wheat Sweet Potato and Chocolate Pancakes

Whole Wheat Sweet Potato and Chocolate Pancakes

This Chocolate and Sweet Potato pancakes are fluffy and loaded with the goodness of sweet potatoes and Jaggery, perfect to start your day with or ideal for your kid's lunchboxes.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Resting Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
  • 1 Cup Milk More or less may be required
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1/2 Cup Boiled and Mashed Sweet Potatoes
  • 1 tbsp Grated Jaggery Optional, if want to reduce the sweetness
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Salt
  • Butter for greasing pan
  • Chocolate sauce or honey for serving Optional
  • Chocolate Chips for Garnish

Instructions

  • Boil and mash the Sweet potatoes with a fork.
  • Mix the Sweet potatoes and Jaggery so that the Jaggery is almost dissolved in Sweet potatoes.
  • Add in the Wheat flour, Cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Mix everything.
  • Add vanilla essence and slowly add milk to get a lump free batter. Consistency of the batter should not be too runny, but one should be able to spread it.
  • Let it rest for 5 minutes.
  • Heat a non stick pan with and grease it with butter. Pour a spoonful of batter onto the hot pan and spread it to the size and thickness as desired. If the batter is thick it becomes a little difficult to spread it out. In that case just add 1-2 spoons of batter and let it take the shape.
  • Cook it on a slow until golden brown from below around 5-6 minutes. Reverse it and cook it on the other side.
  • Serve it warm with honey or chocolate sauce or enjoy as is.