Oats pancakes

[~max~]

Hi! I am extremely proud of myself after making a recipe my mum gave me. It's basically little pancakes made with oats, milk, eggs and onion. Served with a tomato sauce, it's gorgeous and really cheap to make too.
I thought I'd share (hope it's not something everyone knows..lol)

250g oats (I used the Tesco value ones)
3 small eggs
About half a pint of milk
One onion, chopped
Salt, pepper, herbs to taste

Mix everything in a ball until you get a paste, quite liquid. Set aside to let the oats absorb some of the liquid (about half an hour).
Make the tomato sauce in the meantime!

Heat some oil in a non-stick pan, not too hot.
Test the heat by dropping a bit of the mixture in it: if it starts bubbling, it's ok.
Drop a spoonful of the mixture in the pan to make a small pancake (about the size of a cookie).
Repeat until you run out of space in the pan...lol
The first ones should take a few minutes to cook on one side. Turn them over when golden brown, and cook further.
The last ones will take a lot less time to cook as the pan is so hot by then.
Place on a kitchen towel to absorb some of the oil.
Serve hot with your tomato sauce. :O)

[Bathsheba]

They sound lovely Max.
Have you ever used oats in a bath? Put a handful in a fine mesh bag, (or a hanky) and hang it on the tap so the water passes through, or just swish it round in the bath. Makes your skin dead soft :-) xxx

[~max~]

Well, that's something I'd never have thought of doing! lol Thanks Bath!

[~max~]

"Mix everything in a ball until you get a paste,"

It's BOWL, not ball....D'uh!

[Jugglering]

They sound really different, Max, nice one ! I may well try that recipe tomorrow night - in order to use up the jar of spicy pasta sauce I've got open (I like to use pasta sauce - especially the extra spicy JO one - for my pizza).

[~max~]

Cool Juggle! Let me know how you got on! :O)

[~max~]

Did you make them Juggle? I'm curious! :O)

I made some more yesterday, and they were a lot more "eggy" somehow, maybe the eggs were bigger. Very nice they were too, more like a variation on the spanish omelette!
I put grated carrot in the mix too, lovely!

Don't mind me....lol