Presenting fluffy little Glutenfree Banana Pancakes for your eating pleasure! Sweetness from ripe bananas, cinnamon and jaggery compliments nutritious Ragi ( finger millet) flour beautifully. This is your perfect easy, delicious healthy breakfast or snack!
These glutenfree banana pancakes are a breeze to whip up. Even for a weekday breakfast! You got to love that they are a one-bowl prep. I like to use my paniyaram ( aebleskiver) pan occasionally to make pancakes….. Just to shake things up! Yeah, so wild, I know !! But you can easily make them on your skillet too, without any compromise to the taste.
And yes, the taste! They are like little banana bread balls..soft, and full of cinnamon flavour. The yogurt and bananas work together to ensure these babies have a moist texture… Jaggery adds a rich complex taste. If you don’t have jaggery powder, please use brown sugar.
This recipe is very receptive to add ons..throw in some walnuts, dates. A swirl of peanut butter or stick in some dark chocolate bits. I kept some plain and some with chocolate. To my surprise, my little man was equally happy with both. And he didn’t even feel the need to dip them in maple syrup! That kind of shocked me since his preferred method to eat pancakes or waffles is to drown them in syrup!
These store well in the refrigerator. You can reheat them on the skillet or in the microwave and they are as good as new. They are not only a fab breakfast, but also really wonderful for afternoon tea/coffee..you know when that slump hits!
Baking healthy treats can be a lot of fun with scrumptious results!
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Gluten-free Banana Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 Bananas, ripe
- 3 tbsp Coconut oil You can use any vegetable oil you prefer
- 1/4 cup Jaggery Powder
- 4 heaped tbsp Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 cup Ragi / fingermillet flour
- 1 tsp Baking power
- 1/4 tsp Baking soda
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1-2 tbsp Dark chocolate chips Optional
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas very well. Add coconut oil, jaggery powder, yogurt and vanilla extract. Whisk well.
- To the same bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon powder. Fold in gently till no traces of flour remain. This should be a thick batter.
- Heat a paniyaram/ aebleskiver pan. Lightly brush each cavity with oil. Spoon in the batter, stick in a couple of chocolate chips ( if using), making sure the batter is covering them. Cover the pan. Let it cook for 3-4 minutes before carefully flipping it. Let it cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Eat warm, dunked in maple syrup. Enjoy!
Can I leave out the yogurt altogether or substitute with a vegan option?
Hi Minoo, if you can get vegan yogurt, you can use that. If that’s not possible, just use plant-based milk. Hope this helps.
Thank you, this was delicious. As it was my first time trying it with ragi, I used half ragi half all purpose flour(maida). Next time I’ll go with full ragi as your recipe states. I didn’t have yoghurt, so saw your comment and used lactose free milk, with a few drops of vinegar to get a reaction similar to yoghurt. I did have to use about 6+ tbspns milk to get the consistency to make pancakes. The sweetness was perfect. Definitely making this again.
Kind rgds
Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback Kirthana! I’m so glad the substitution worked and that this will make another appearance in your kitchen! Made my day xoxo
Can I use an idli steamer?
Hi Megha, I’m sure you can, though I’ve never used it for this purpose. Please do let me know how these pancakes worked out for you. 🙂
Hi Natasha, I will be attempting this recipe for breakfast tomrw- But i don’t have curd/ yogurt so can I use coconut milk instead? Also I am gluten & sugar allergic, hence will avoid jaggery and rely on the ripeness of the bananas for sweetness. Do you think this combo would work? Also should this be dropping consistency like a normal pancake or thicker?
Thanks!
Bhavna
Hi Bhavna,
Yes coconut milk would work well instead of yogurt. And yes, absolutely, just bananas would be great. You can also add some chopped dates if that is possible. YOu’re looking for a thick consistency like maybe a cake batter. Looking forward to your feedback 🙂