Cookbook:Sinasir (Nigerian Rice Pancake)
| Sinasir (Nigerian Rice Pancake) | |
|---|---|
| Servings | 3–4 |
| Time | 40 minutes |
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Sinasir is a rice pancake popular in the northern part of Nigeria. It is made from cooked and soaked short-grained rice as used in tuwo shinkafa.
Ingredients
[edit | edit source]- 3 cups uncooked short-grain rice
- Water
- 1 tablespoon yeast
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 onions, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (optional)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Equipment
[edit | edit source]Procedure
[edit | edit source]- Place the rice in a bowl, and cover it with about 1 inch of water. Soak for several hours.
- Blend the soaked and parboiled rice in a blender until you get a smooth batter, adding water as necessary.
- Transfer the batter to a bowl, then mix in the yeast and sugar. Cover and let ferment at room temperature for a few hours.
- Mix in onion, salt, and baking powder.
- Heat a non-stick frying pan, and grease with a thin layer of oil.
- Scoop in enough batter to make a thin layer in the pan. Cook until the bottom is browned and the pancake is cooked through.
- Remove the pancake, and repeat the greasing and cooking process with the remaining batter.