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Sannas are Goan Rice Cakes / Bread made on special occasions in Goa. They are popularly served with the Goan Pork Sorpotel or a variety of other gravies or are even consumed plain at tea time. This recipe is Goan Sannas or Goan Steamed Rice Cake.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have goan sannas (goan steamed rice cakes) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Goan Sannas (Goan Steamed Rice Cakes):
- Make ready 1 3/4 cups Rice (Parboiled or Idli Rice)
- Prepare 1/2 cup Split Black Gram
- Get 3 tsp Sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp Instant Dried Yeast
- Prepare To taste Salt
- Take 1/2 cup Coconut Milk
- Make ready 1/4 cup Warm Water
- Get Water (As required for making paste)
Sanna are a great accompaniment to veg or non veg curries or can be eaten plain. If you are a Mangalorean/Goan you can conjour up the best of memories when you see a plate of steaming sanna. Sannas are the favourite accompaniment to replace bread in a exclusively Goan cuisine. Popular along the Konkan coast of South India, Sannas also go by the name Goan sannas or Goan steamed rice cake, if you want to get really fancy about.
Instructions to make Goan Sannas (Goan Steamed Rice Cakes):
- Soak both the rice and the urad dal, separately, in water for 4 to 5 hours. Drain and rinse the rice and dal. Add water to the rice and grind it to a smooth paste. Add this rice batter to a large bowl.
- Grind dal to make a thick and smooth paste. Add the dal paste to the rice batter. Now add coconut milk to this batter and whisk well to make a lump free batter. Add Salt and 2 tsp Sugar to this batter and whisk well. Keep aside.
- To make yeast solution, mix the yeast in warm water. Stir well and let it rise for about 10 minutes. Add this yeast solution to the prepared batter and stir well. Cover the bowl and keep aside to ferment for about 2 hours or till it doubles in quantity.
- Heat water in a Steamer. Grease the idli moulds. Spoon the batter in each mould and place it in the steamer and cover and steam the sannas for about 15 minutes or till done. Insert a toothpick to check if it is cooked. If the toothpick comes out clean means it is done. If not, then steam for few more minutes.
- Allow the idlis to cool down. Run a knife all around the idlis and they will pop out of their moulds. Soft, fluffy and spongy sannas are ready. Serve hot with curry or chutney of your choice.
They are usually served alongside popular Goan or Mangalorean pork and chicken dishes, the common associates being Sannas are traditionally made with a kind of rice called 'boiled rice'. The name is misleading, as the rice is not really boiled. Sannas, a famous Goan delicacy, is a steamed rice cake that has a soft texture and pleasant flavour. The unique batter, made of rice, coconut and yeast, yields an amazing rice cake with a lovely taste. Traditionally, toddy is used for fermenting this, but we have used yeast instead as it is.
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