Blender-Batter Brown Rice Waffles or Pancakes

Place in Thermomix and grind on speed 9 for 1 minute or so until fine:

– 250g raw brown rice (see variations below for other grain options)

Add nuts and grind for another 30 seconds on speed 9:

– 30g raw almonds (or raw cashews)

Scrape down lid and sides of bowl with spatula.

Add and mix for 30 seconds on speed 9:

– 300g water

– 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

– 30g macadamia oil

– 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cover and leave to stand at room temperature overnight. (Or pour into a glass bowl and cover.)

When you’re ready to cook them, add and reblend on speed 9 for 1 minute:

– 1 large egg (optional – works fine without)

Blend in quickly but thoroughly on speed 5-6:

– 2 teaspoons baking powder

– 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

– 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

Preheat waffle iron, wiping surface with some oil. Bake waffles until crispy, and serve immediately with butter and/or pure maple syrup. Or cook as pancakes in a little coconut oil in frypan. Delicious!

Variations:

You can use all sorts of grains in this recipe, not just brown rice…

try a mixture of rice & rolled oats, or spelt & oats (1 cup rice/spelt, 1/2 cup oats), or buckwheat (hulled) and/or spelt.

Any of these grains will work: spelt, oats, brown rice, kamut, millet, buckwheat (hulled), barley (hulled), corn (whole dry, not cornmeal), quinoa... corn takes more grinding and is very noisy, but it works well.

You can also add 1 tablespoon linseeds if you like.

And of course, if you want you can stir in some chopped pecans/walnuts/sunflower seeds/berries/banana pieces into the batter – we love blueberries and banana!

 

Original recipe and credit: https://www.quirkycooking.com.au/2009/02/blender-batter-brown-rice-waffles-or-pancakes/