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Vitumbua
Tanzania
The morning snack of Zanzibar and coastal Tanzania. Sold from carts at dawn with tea.
Swahili coconut rice cakes — small, puffy fermented rice and coconut cakes cooked in a special dimpled pan until golden and crispy on the outside. The morning snack of the coast.
Prep
30 mins
Cook
15 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
445 kcal
Serves
8
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used
Ingredients
300grice flour
200mlcoconut milk
1 tspyeast
1 tspsugar
cardamomto flavour
Method
1
Mix rice flour, coconut milk, yeast and sugar to a thick batter. Ferment 2 hours.
2
Heat a appe or takoyaki dimple pan. Oil each dimple.
3
Fill with batter. Cook 4 minutes until set.
4
Flip. Cook 3 more minutes.
Chef's Tip
The pan must be very hot before adding batter — cold pan sticks and tears.
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