Sticky Date Pancakes

Ingredients 

• 15-20 seedless dates soaked in hot water
• 5 tablespoons refined flour
• 2 cups buttermilk
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon soda bicarbonate
• 2 tablespoons oil + to cook
• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 tablespoon butter

Toffee sauce

• ¼ cup castor sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ¼ cup fresh cream

Method

1. To make toffee sauce, heat castor sugar in a non-stick pan. Add 2-3 tablespoons of water and let it caramelise, brushing the sides of the pan with a wet brush at intervals.
2. Put soaked dates in a food processor and process. Add buttermilk and continue to process. Add flour and continue to process. Add baking powder, soda bicarbonate and 2 tablespoons oil and process again to make a smooth batter. Transfer into a bowl.
3. Peel and slice bananas.
4. Heat 1 tbsp butter in another non-stick pan, add banana slices and sauté for ½ minute. Transfer into another bowl.
5. Add 2 tablespoons of butter to the caramelised sugar and mix well. Add cream and mix well.
6. Heat 1 tsp oil in another non-stick pan, spread a ladleful of batter thickly and cook.
7. Strain the toffee sauce into a clean bowl.
8. Turn the date pancake when the underside is brown and cook the other side similarly. Similarly, cook the remaining pancakes.
9. Keep the date pancake on a serving platter, drizzle some toffee sauce over it, top with sautéed banana slices, drizzle some more toffee sauce over the banana slices, place another date pancake on the side and serve immediately.

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