How much cooking time?

15 min — 5 min prep, 10 min cooking.

Sakin Gata

Name: Sakin Gata
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Meghalaya Indian
Ingredients: 2piece Cardamom; salt; 100g Jaggery; 150g Bora Rice (Assamese Waxy Sticky Rice); 100g sesame seeds

Sesame and jaggery brittle. Simple traditional sweet.

Time 15 min · Serves 6 · 250 kcal · Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Ingredients

Garnish

Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)

Main

salt (optional) (whole)
Jaggery — 100 g (whole)
Bora Rice (Assamese Waxy Sticky Rice) — 150 g (soaked)
sesame seeds — 100 g (whole)

Method

Soak sticky rice in water overnight, then drain.
Dry-roast the sesame seeds on low heat until fragrant; do not over-roast.
Mix the soaked rice with grated jaggery and cardamom.
In a banana-leaf-lined pot, layer the sweetened rice alternately with roasted sesame seeds.
Steam until the rice is cooked and sticky. Cool slightly, slice and serve.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Sakin Gata?: 250 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 15 min — 5 min prep, 10 min cooking.

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