Sinasir (Nigerian Rice Pancake)
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. Recipe source: “Sinasir (Nigerian Rice Pancake)”, Wikibooks Cookbook contributors, en.wikibooks.org, CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted). Photo: Halima Waziri, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Servings
- 3
- Calories
- 1032
- Protein
- 15g
Ingredients
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Step 1
Place the rice in a bowl, and cover it with about 1 inch of water. Soak for several hours.
Step 2
Blend the soaked and parboiled rice in a blender until you get a smooth batter, adding water as necessary.
Step 3
Transfer the batter to a bowl, then mix in the yeast and sugar. Cover and let ferment at room temperature for a few hours.
Step 4
Mix in onion, salt, and baking powder.
Step 5
Heat a non-stick frying pan, and grease with a thin layer of oil.
Step 6
Scoop in enough batter to make a thin layer in the pan. Cook until the bottom is browned and the pancake is cooked through.
Step 7
Remove the pancake, and repeat the greasing and cooking process with the remaining batter.
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