Sanna - Goan Rice Cakes

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 kg rice, preferably fat rice from the fields
• 2 large coconuts
• 1 kg sugar
• 1150 ml toddy
• 1 tablespoon salt (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 soak the rice overnight. grind the drained rice to a fine paste in the morning.
• 2 grate and grind the coconuts.
• 3 strain the toddy to remove sediment and add sugar to it.
• 4 mix the ground coconut and rice using the sweetened toddy. add little water to the mixture slightly.
• 5 put in a large container and keep aside till the mixture begins to rise (2-3 hours). then boil water in a steaming vessel.
• 6 take some saucers, pour about 1 ½ ladles of the mixture in each saucer. steam for 20 to 25 minutes on high heat.
• 7 eat with sorpotel or as a tea-time snack.