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.
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)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Ingredients for 4 servings (1 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Place the rice in a bowl, and cover it with about 1 inch of water. Soak for several hours.
- 2
Blend the soaked and parboiled rice in a blender until you get a smooth batter, adding water as necessary.
Blender - 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
Mix in onion, salt, and baking powder.
- 5
Heat a non-stick frying pan, and grease with a thin layer of oil.
Stovetop - 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
Remove the pancake, and repeat the greasing and cooking process with the remaining batter.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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