Savoury Waffle Journal

It was not until Richa mentioned it, did I realise that waffles are not deep fried. Their not even fried at all for that matter. I love fritters, but that requires frying, where as my stand up waffle maker only requires a light spray of coconut oil. 

Richa describes Pakora Waffles as a savoury vegan breakfast treat or snack that has been a staple at most Indian restaurants. 

You can find the recipe on her versatile website called Vegan Richa. Because Richa's website offers a vegan alternative. This recipe is gluten-free, soy free, nut-free and high protein. It suggests chickpea flour with plenty of veggie goodness and spices added

Chopped cauliflower, bell pepper, chopped onion,  hot green chili finely chopped, fresh ginger minced, carom(ajwain) seeds or cumin seed, turmeric, cayenne, rice flour, chickpea flour all come together for a spicy feast,. 

How the upright waffle maker works will be described further in the next article.

When you experiment with sour dough, you will find that there is quite a bit of discard that can be repurposed. Read about it here - How to Make a Sourdough Starter from Scratch. Discard is the unfed starter that you take out before feeding the sour dough starter. Use the discard to bake waffles to die for. You can of course make pizza bases and the like. feedback about any recipes you bake would be welcome. Some people make biscuits and there seems to be no limit to the ways this material can be repurposed. Consider feeding the sourdough starter at night so you can whip up the sour dough waffles in the morning.

Of the 28 recipes in the post 28 Best Waffle Toppings (Savoury & Sweet) I have chosen.

• Ricotta & mixed seeds
• Hummus & sprouts
• Cream cheese
• Bean chilli
• Avocado and sour cream
• Mango chutney

Once I have created these toppings I will let you know how it goes in a review. How about you? What will you choose to experiment with? Are you up for the challenge?

Sweet corn has a milky sweet taste, both on the cob and as kernels. When making waffles with canned corn smart chefs either use creamed corn or corn kernels. Creamed corn will produce a smooth silky texture, while corn kernels will produce little bombs of taste that softened by cooking will explode in your mouth. 

I keep all recipes simple 

• 1 egg
• 1/4/cup milk
• salt, turmeric, cracked pepper to taste 
• coconut oil spray
• 1/2 tsp of baking powder 
• half a cup of flour (make sure mixture is runny and pourable)
• Sour cream (once waffles are cooked). 

Cook waffles as shown in the introduction of this article.

Once cooked, lay a simple green salad out on the plate and arrange the waffles beside.

Enjoy this extremely simple recipe. It is quick, easy, no fuss and hardly any cleanup. 

Join in the fun. What is your favourite savoury waffle combo? 

Do you have any extra tips?

Here's one. 

In an upright waffle maker, it is easy to over-fill.

Use the left over chunks of half cooked dough.

The one pictured is a banana waffle. Now this cast off dough can be kneaded to become dumplings cooked in caramel sauce. Add icecream and a little vanilla yoghurt.

Ingredients Caramel sauce

• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 42Tbsp  butter
• 1/2 tsp salt (not too muc)h
• 1/2 cup half of milk
• vanilla to tase

Viola - perfect desert.

Richa VeganRicha

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