These cardamom pumpkin pancakes are the perfect combination of a floral spice with a sweet vegetable. Cardamom’s health benefits include lowering blood pressure while pumpkin may boost immunity. This recipe only contains ten ingredients, is gluten-free, and is perfect for slow Saturday mornings!
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The Story Behind These Cardamom Pumpkin Pancakes
The day I came up with this recipe, there was a blizzard. Besides looking out the window to watch the snowfall, I also love experimenting in the kitchen whenever I am trapped inside. I am not usually good at shopping and stocking up the days before a big storm. However, I always have spices on hand. So, looking in my spice collection and using what I had in the fridge, I came up with this recipe! People use cardamom in lots of savory curries and desserts. I thought, why not use them in a sweet breakfast?
What Is It?
Even though pancakes are typically breakfast, I can definitely eat them as a dessert after a light dinner. These pancakes are naturally gluten-free, as I decided to use oat flour. The rise or fluffiness of the pancakes comes from the combination of baking powder and apple cider vinegar. While you can use maple syrup, raw honey goes well with the flavor combinations in this recipe, in my opinion.
Why These Cardamom Pumpkin Pancakes Are Healthy For You
Incorporating cardamom into your daily meals can have tons of benefits besides a unique flavor. Cardamom may lower blood pressure, improve your digestion, and lower blood sugar levels. Pumpkin may boost immunity, reduce your risk for cancer due to its antioxidants, and protect your eyesight due to its’ high amount of vitamin a.
How To Make These Cardamom Pumpkin Pancakes Nutrient-Dense
- Swap sprouted oat flour for regular oat flour: Studies show that sprouted grains are healthier since the sprouting process removes starch, making nutrients in the grain more bioavailable to your body.
- Use raw honey instead of pasteurized honey: Pasteurized honey is heavily processed, which means many of the honey’s phytonutrients get lost from the original raw form. Phytonutrients in raw honey contribute to its antioxidant, antifungal, and antibacterial properties.
- Cook these pancakes in a cast-iron skillet: This can help avoid harmful chemicals found in typical non-stick cookware and potentially add more iron to your diet.
Tips
- Freshly toast and grind cardamom seeds from green cardamom pods: Most pre-ground spices at your supermarket lose a lot of flavors, especially cardamom. To get the best taste out of this whole spice, do the following:
- Crack the green cardamom pods and collect the black seeds inside.
- Toast them in a dry skillet until fragrant but not burning.
- Crush the seeds in a mortar and pestle until a fine powder forms.
Variations
- Feel free to swap out cow’s milk for nut milk to make this recipe dairy-free!
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Cardamom Pumpkin Pancakes
Equipment
- 2 mixing bowls
- Whisk
- spatula
- skillet
Ingredients
- 2 cups oat flour
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tbsp raw honey (plus more for serving)
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup milk (dairy or dairy free)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil (plus more for frying)
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Sift oat flour, baking powder, cardamom, and sea salt into one mixing bowl and stir thoroughly.
- Whisk eggs, pumpkin puree, milk, raw honey, coconut oil, and apple cider vinegar in another mixing bowl until homogenous.
- Pour the dry mixture into the wet mixture bowl and fold together until smooth.
- Preheat your skillet on medium-low and grease with oil.
- Pour 1/4 cup of batter and cook the first side until bubbles form about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Flip over and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes.
- Repeat the last two steps with the rest of the batter.
- Serve pancakes with raw honey on top and enjoy!
Notes
- Freshly toast and grind cardamom seeds from green cardamom pods: Most pre-ground spices at your supermarket lose a lot of flavors, especially cardamom. To get the best taste out of this whole spice, do the following:
- Crack the green cardamom pods and collect the black seeds inside.
- Toast them in a dry skillet until fragrant but not burning.
- Crush the seeds in a mortar and pestle until a fine powder forms.
- Feel free to swap out cow’s milk for nut milk to make this recipe dairy-free!
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