My love for plantain is really pushing me to explore many ways for me to include this perfect starch into different food recipes. Today’s progress on project “get-plantains-into-every-recipe” consists of the inclusion of plantains in pancakes. This recipe is bomb and super simple.
Plantain pancakes are not a new creation. In Ghanaian cooking we have something very similar called kaklo or tatale depending on who you are talking to. It is essentially taking very soft and over ripe plantains and blending it with pepper, spices and a bit of flour and frying it like a fritter or into a pancake shape. Although very tasty, tatale requires more ingredients and is oily; I, on the other hand, like simple recipes that are healthy. These plantain pancakes make for a very simple and healthier breakfast with only five ingredients.
If you want learn more about picking the best plantain for this recipe, make sure to check out my Plantain Guide
Plantain Pancake
Ingredients
- 1 very ripe plantain it must be mostly black and soft
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 cup plant based milk
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
Instructions
- Blend the plantains with the plant based milk
- In a bowl combine the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients
- Heat a shallow pan or griddle with a bit of oil
- Portion 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake and fry in the pan, you will know it is ready to flip when you see a lot of popped bubbles on the top and the top of the pancake looks dry
- Flip the pancake and cook on the other side for another minute or two to ensure the pancake is well cooked
- Keep the pan at low to medium heat so that the pancake does burn and it cooks through
- Serve pancakes in a stack with peanut butter/PB2, maple syrup and salted peanuts
7 Comments
chefkreso
June 5, 2018 at 2:46 pmThese pancakes look really delicious!
kaelyn
June 11, 2020 at 4:58 pmThese look insanely good! I have a huge ripe plantain right now and I’m not sure how much to use in this recipe… Would it amount to about a cup worth of chopped/mashed plantain?
thecanadianafrican
June 11, 2020 at 5:12 pmI think it should be enough unless it’s the size of a banana then it may not be enough
Nicole
December 15, 2020 at 10:37 pmLove your recipe! These pancakes are delicious and so nutritious. It was my first time using plantain and I’m glad I could learn how to use them from your recipe and the plantain guide. Thank you so much for amazing recipes 😊
pazit
February 17, 2021 at 9:37 pmThese were so easy and delicious! Definitely making them again when I have another ripe plantain 🙂
Tiffany H
April 24, 2022 at 1:30 amLOVED this recipe! The plantain and ginger flavours really came through. Was a delicious alternative to plain pancakes. I’ll definitely make this again and again.
Julia
January 2, 2023 at 8:05 amThis is a delicious recipe. I made them for my partner’s family for breakfast and we loved it so, so much. Thank you for sharing this recipe and I can’t wait to try other recipes 🙂