Recipes · Nigerian · Breakfast
Sinasir (Hausa Fermented Rice Pancakes with Spinach Sauce)
One serving has 467 kcal and 9 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of vitamin K (451%), manganese (96%), folate (93%), thiamin (60%), vitamin A (57%) and vitamin C (47%). Ready in 520 minutes.
- Preparation: 495 min
- Cooking: 25 min
- Makes: 1 serving (377 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free
- Contains: peanut
Ingredients
- 70 g Rice, white (soaked)
- 30 g Rice, cooked
- 100 g Water
- 1 g Yeast, active dry
- 4 g Sugar
- 0.3 g Baking soda
- 0.3 g Salt
- 8 g Vegetable oil (for the pan)
- 5 g Groundnut oil (for the sauce)
- 25 g Onion
- 50 g Tomato
- 3 g Scotch bonnet or red chilli
- 80 g Spinach (alayyahu)
Method
- Rinse the raw rice and soak it in cold water for 6 hours or overnight.
- Drain it and blend with the cooked rice and about 100 ml water into a smooth, thick batter. Stir in the yeast and sugar, cover and leave in a warm place for 1½-2 hours, until bubbly and nearly doubled.
- Meanwhile make the sauce: cook the chopped onion in the groundnut oil for 3 minutes, add the chopped tomato and chilli and cook for 5 minutes until thick, then stir in the chopped spinach with a pinch of the salt for 2-3 minutes, until wilted.
- Just before cooking, stir the rest of the salt and the baking soda into the batter.
- Heat a small heavy frying pan (about 15 cm) over medium heat and brush it with oil. Pour in a ladle of batter so it spreads about 1 cm thick, cover with a lid and cook for 3-4 minutes, until the top is set and full of holes like a sponge and the bottom is golden. Sinasir is cooked on one side only. Make 4 in all.
- Serve them warm, holey side up, with the spinach sauce, or with yaji spice and a little sugar, as in northern Nigeria.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 467 kcal | 22% |
| Carbohydrates | 76.3 g | |
| Water | 274 mL | |
| Fiber | 4.1 g | 14% |
| Protein | 9.3 g | 19% |
| Tryptophan | 0.11 g | |
| Threonine | 0.35 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.4 g | |
| Leucine | 0.71 g | |
| Lysine | 0.41 g | |
| Methionine | 0.19 g | |
| Cystine | 0.16 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.45 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.3 g | |
| Valine | 0.52 g | |
| Histidine | 0.21 g | |
| Fat | 14.1 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 4.4 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 6.5 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 5.8 g | |
| Saturated | 2.3 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.05 g | |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | |
| Calcium | 116 mg | 12% |
| Copper | 0.34 mg | 38% |
| Iron | 5.8 mg | 32% |
| Magnesium | 94.5 mg | 30% |
| Manganese | 1.7 mg | 96% |
| Phosphorus | 160 mg | 23% |
| Potassium | 712 mg | 15% |
| Selenium | 13.9 µg | 25% |
| Sodium | 274 mg | |
| Zinc | 1.6 mg | 20% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.66 mg | 60% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.25 mg | 23% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 4.7 mg | 34% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.1 mg | 22% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.4 mg | 31% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 371 µg | 93% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0 µg | 0% |
| Choline | 25.7 mg | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 398 µg | 57% |
| Vitamin C | 35.5 mg | 47% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 3.5 mg | 23% |
| Vitamin K | 406 µg | 451% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.3 kg CO2e a serving: about average for breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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