Savory Delicacies to treat loving children – friends & family.
Children's Day is celebrated across India to raise awareness about the rights, education, and welfare of children. It is celebrated on 14 November every year on the birthday of the First Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was known to have been fond of children. On this day, many educational and motivational programs for children are held all over India. Children’s Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honor of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare.
On 5th November 1948, the first Children's Day was observed as "Flower Day" by the predecessor of Indian Council of Child Welfare (ICCW) to collect funds for United Nations Appeal for Children (UNAC) through the sale of "flower tokens". On 30 July 1949, "Children's Day" was widely celebrated and publicised through radio, articles, cinema, etc.
Pancakes a term which usually applies to a concept of a cake being dressed up in a pan, while there are a number of connotations attached in different contexts, a pancake is a versatile preparation which can be done sweet, savoury, small, medium and even on a full size version depending on the need and desire. these delicacies are not only popular for breakfasts made fresh in small pans, browned to perfection offered with honey, jam, fruits, marmalades etc but also go well for a brunch concept as well with savoury fillings and roll up live stations which are usually packed with foodies wanting for more.
The little advice I usually give people when it comes to working with pancakes is that the batter should be well made, its composition, elements, texture and flavor should be well defined. Secondly, the pan being used to prepare these should be well seasoned, to the extent of being greased lightly for the first two or three pieces and then it automatically gets accustomed to leaving the sides by itself.
The third important aspect to a pancake is to have the fillings/stuffing’s/toppings/garnishes etc be kept ready a little before we cook the batter in the non-stick pan and be ready with its plating as well to avoid delay in service and food quality for the guest. While there are various recipes attached to doing pancakes, ones with eggs and one without eggs, there are vegan pancakes as well which are yummy as well with fillings and toppings to entice our palate as well.
Here are a few of my versions with savoury pancakes with an assortment of fillings / stuffing’s to treat on this children’s day!