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Sinasir (Nigerian Rice Pancake)

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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.

Total 00:40
Yield 3–4

Ingredients

  • 3 cups uncooked short-grain rice
  • Water
  • 1 tablespoon yeast
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder (optional) (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Instructions

  1. 1
    Place the rice in a bowl, and cover it with about 1 inch of water. Soak for several hours.
  2. 2
    Blend the soaked and parboiled rice in a blender until you get a smooth batter, adding water as necessary.
  3. 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.
  4. 4
    Mix in onion, salt, and baking powder.
  5. 5
    Heat a non-stick frying pan, and grease with a thin layer of oil.
  6. 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.
  7. 7
    Remove the pancake, and repeat the greasing and cooking process with the remaining batter.
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Sinasir_(Nigerian_Rice_Pancake)