Mara Sticky Rice Cake
Pounded sticky rice formed into dense cakes and steamed in plantain leaves. Mara tribal festival food from Saiha, Mizoram.
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Ingredients
- salt — 2 g
- Water — 450 g
- Fresh Coconut — 50 g
- Bora Rice (Assamese Waxy Sticky Rice) — 300 g
- Jaggery — 80 g
Method
- Soak the sticky rice for 6 hours. Drain.
- Cook with water and salt till soft and sticky.
- Pound the hot rice till it forms a smooth mass.
- Mix in grated jaggery and coconut.
- Press into a tray. Cool, cut and serve.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Mara Sticky Rice Cake?
- 265 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 50 min — 30 min prep, 20 min cooking.