Wheatflour Pancakes or Meetha pooda

Name: Wheatflour Pancakes or Meetha pooda
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup whole-wheat flour; 1/2 Tsp baking powder; 3 tbsp sugar; 1 1/2 Tsp fennel seeds; 1 cup water or milk; 2 tbsp Ghee or clarified butter; 4 tbsp thick cream (Optional)

Harjeet Kaur @cook_13349754

Why does rain make me hungry? Simple; because childhood memories of mom serving us hot fritters or Roasted Corn on the cob or the yummy and tasty Whole Wheat Flour Pancakes or Meetha Poodas (as they are known in Punjabi) keep flashing in front of my eyes. My brother loves them and mom would indulge all of us in his name. After years bhaiya is here for Rakhi and the rains have given me an excuse to dish out his favourite poodas.
My mom’s “Whole Wheat Flour Pancakes or Meetha Poodas” are eggless, whole-wheat pancakes spiked with just sugar and fennel seeds or saunf and roasted in ghee or clarified butter. These pancakes kindle memories of me sitting on the window ledge with the raindrops splashing on my face. My mom had that magic ingredient that makes any dish delicious; that is pure, undiluted love! Hope I imbibed a few of those secret ingredients when I cook for my loved ones.
The fennel seeds are very aromat and you can add cardamom if you want to but mom didn’t as cardamom has a heavy scent and it would overshadow the aroma of the fennel. Whole-wheat flour is any day better than all-purpose flour with and there are no eggs in these Whole Wheat Flour Pancakes or Meetha Poodas makes them a much better choice compared to regular pancakes.

Harjeet Kaur @cook_13349754

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Ingredients

15 mins

3 servings

1 cupwhole-wheat flour
1/2 Tspbaking powder
3 tbspsugar
1 1/2 Tspfennel seeds
1 cupwater or milk
2 tbspGhee or clarified butter
4 tbspthick cream (Optional)

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Steps

15 mins

1

In a mixing bowl, sift together the whole-wheat flour and baking soda. Add the sugar and fennel seeds.
Add 1 cup of water and stir all the ingredients with a whisk to a smooth consistency. If the batter is very thick then add in ¼ cup of water.
Heat a Tawa or griddle to medium heat. Add a ladle of the batter to the heated griddle and spread to make a pancake.
Drizzle a spoon of the ghee or clarified butter over the pancake and flip once done.
2

Once both sides are brown, remove from heat and place on a serving plate. Make all the pancakes this way.
Serve hot either plain or with a dollop of cream. There’s nothing better than a cup of piping hot spiced tea or Masala Chai to go with these Whole Wheat Flour Pancakes or Meetha Poodas.