Ube Mochi Pancakes Recipe
The Ube Mochi Pancakes are sweet, soft, and fluffy with a bright purple color bursting with ube flavor. A delicious colorful fun and yummy way to start the day.
Ingredients
For Quick Ube Jam (from Ube Powder)
- 4 tbsp ube powder
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- Alternative: 1/2 cup coconut milk and 1/2 cup condensed milk omit sugar and butter if using this option
For Ube Mochi Pancakes
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup mochiko flour if using all mochiko, add 1-2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp brown sugar use 1-2 tbsp to taste
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp ube extract optional
- 1 cup ube jam or use the quick ube jam recipe above
- ½ cup coconut milk
Instructions
For Quick Ube Jam (from Ube Powder)
- In a saucepan, simmer ube powder in water with the brown sugar and melted butter until it reaches a jam-like consistency. (Alternatively you can also use 1/2 cup coconut milk and 1/2 cup condensed milk in place of water and sugar, omitting the sugar and butter.)
For Ube Mochi Pancakes
- In a large bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, mochiko flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In another bowl, whisk together the coconut milk, eggs, ube extract (optional), and melted butter until combined. If you have the ube jam, add it to this mixture. Set aside.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, gently stirring. The batter doesn’t need to be perfectly smooth; it’s okay if some lumps remain.
- Preheat a medium-sized (12-inch) pan over medium heat. Test readiness by sprinkling a few drops of water—if they evaporate immediately, the pan is ready.
- Spray some oil into the pan to coat it lightly. Using a ladle, pour a quarter of the batter into the pan.
- After about 2 minutes, when bubbles form on the surface and the edges are set, flip the pancake. Cook for another 2 minutes, then remove from the heat.
- Continue cooking the remaining batter, repeating the process for each pancake.