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Malpua (Vegan, Oil Free & Sugar Free)

By Priya@MasalaVegan
Low fat vegan Malpua

“Holi”, the Festival of Colours fell over the past weekend. The advantage of having a holiday means being able to make something traditional for my little ones to celebrate and introduce them to the much-loved festival food that I and my better half grew up eating! “Malpua” are pancakes usually made with white flour and semolina and deep-fried before dunking into a thick sugar syrup. These delicious pancakes are made in many different ways often with heaps of dairy and sugar. This lighter take, on the traditional deep-fried “Malpua” full of clarified butter and milk solids eliminates all the oil and dairy while using wholemeal flour. Another good thing, about this recipe is not having to make a sugar syrup to dunk the pancakes and, replacing them with a lighter maple or agave syrup. I ate mine plain but, my little ones aren’t about to let go of the syrup jar any time soon 😋

Malpua

Vegan, wholemeal, oil free and sugar free. 

Omit the almonds to make these “Malpua” nut free and garnish with either cranberries or, pepitas.

  • 1 cup Self Raising Wholemeal Flour
  • 1/2 cup Semolina
  • 1 cup Coconut Milk
  • 1 cup Warm Water
  • 4 tablespoons Xylitol
  • 3 teaspoons Green Fennel Seeds, (lightly crushed)
  • 1 teaspoon Green Cardamom Seeds, (powdered)

Garnish

  • 4 tablespoons Flaked Almonds/ Pepitas, (lightly roasted)
  • Agave Nectar/ Maple Syrup, (to pour)

  1. In a large mixing bowl, pour the warm water, coconut milk and Xylitol. Whisk well until mixed.

  2. Add the semolina and allow to sit for 5 minutes.

  3. Mix in the wholemeal flour, Fennel & Cardamom seed powders. Whisk well and set aside. The batter should be slightly thinner that cake batter. Add more water if required.

  4. Heat a non stick pan and ladle batter into little rounds.

  5. Cover and cook on low heat until a crisp golden and then flip to cook the other side lightly.

  6. Take off the pan and pour a teaspoonful of agave nectar/ maple syrup if using and sprinkle, flaked Almonds/ pepitas/ cranberries.

 

WRITTEN BY

Priya@MasalaVegan

I am an enthusiastic plant based home cook and baker who delights in sharing my creations on unsuspecting non vegans, when they least expect it! When not recipe developing, testing or making, I'm found organising and/ or writing, the two other passions of my life ❤️

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