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Thursday, 14 December 2006

Makate Mimina (coconutty rice pancake) JFI coconut


This is an East African Dish. Usually served with a hot cocunut chicken curry (bit like Thai green curry).
I have posted it especially for Anja. Let me know if you make it.

Ingredients
1 cup basmati rice
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tspn yeast
1/3 packet creamed coconut, grated
1/2 tspn ground cardamom seeds
3 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon poppy seeds


Method

  1. Wash and soak the rice it overnight.
  2. Drain the rice and place in a blender with milk, sugar, cardamom and grated creamed coconut.  Blend until it is smooth.
  3. Add the yeast and blend again for a couple of minutes.
  4. Put the liquid into a bowl (should be exactly 3 cups, add water if necessary) cover and leave in a warm place until the mixture rises and has doubled in volume.
  5. Heat the oil in a 9 inch frying pan, add the batter. Cover and reduce the heat, cook for 45minutes. The top of the mkate should be firm.
  6. Sprinkle the poppy seeds and place under a hot grill for 2-3 minutes.
  7. Remove and place on a cooking rack.






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39 comments:

  1. Ashwini28 December 2006 at 01:11:00 GMT

    Sajeda what a lovely and unique entry. Thanks so much for participating in JFI - I got to know your blog this way.
    Happy Holidays

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  2. Saju28 December 2006 at 07:57:00 GMT

    thanks for that Ashwini.
    It is looking at your blog, Indira's and the rest of blogs listed in blog inspired me to start in the first place.

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  3. Dr. Soumya Bhat11 January 2007 at 00:20:00 GMT

    This is a nice new recipe for me.I would love to give a try.thanks for shariing this here.

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  4. Saju24 January 2007 at 10:48:00 GMT

    Thanks Dr Soumya!
    I have just looked at your blog, I can wait to try the ridgegourd recipe

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  5. Anonymous21 February 2007 at 16:12:00 GMT

    Sounds very tasty! I am new to cooking. Please can you tell me, when u say use I cup, is it a teacup?

    Thanks

    Soreen

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  6. Saju19 March 2007 at 06:29:00 GMT

    teacup should be fine

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  7. Anonymous16 July 2009 at 05:17:00 BST

    what a gr8 recipe thanx.....

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  8. zarina23 August 2009 at 21:32:00 BST

    Ya Ali Madad to all, ramadhan mubarak to everybody. Just want to say a big thank you for listing this recipes as I also come from tanzania but have been finding it difficult to buy vitumbua and recently decided to make it at home and thanks to your recipes I have been able to feel as if I am back home again.

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  9. Anonymous17 September 2009 at 04:41:00 BST

    when you say cook it on low for 30mins...does that mean put the 9inch pan directy on the gas stove or do i need to put it on a "tawri" and cook it?

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  10. Saju18 September 2009 at 21:42:00 BST

    directly on the stow at low heat

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  11. Anonymous24 October 2009 at 04:27:00 BST

    In the mkate mimina recipe, it says to cook for 30 mins. do you mean bake it in the oven?

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  12. Saju24 October 2009 at 13:14:00 BST

    No, heat directly on the stow at low heat, then grill the top

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  13. Nishma15 March 2010 at 15:30:00 GMT

    I tried your recipe this weekend, and it was wonderful! I used lite coconut milk since that was what I had, and it still turned out delicious. Thank you so much. I was hesitant to try, but I am glad I did. I'll be trying more of your recipes...the fish ones look yummy.

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  14. Saju15 March 2010 at 16:56:00 GMT

    Thanks Nishma, glad it worked for you. Actually all the recipe on the blog are tried and tested, with careful measurements when needed.

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  15. Fuzz31 March 2010 at 16:11:00 BST

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  16. Fuzz31 March 2010 at 16:14:00 BST

    Salaam everyone,

    Am feeling a bit upset because I've just tried this recepie and then I had to throw everything away!

    One pancake was too watery and the other too hard! I'm not too sure what I did wrong? Chachi or someone else, can you please help me? I'm determined not to give up, and with someone's help I should succeed! Thanks!

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  17. Saju19 August 2010 at 20:40:00 BST

    Fuzz do try again. It has worked for me and many of my readers.

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  18. Anonymous28 August 2010 at 02:23:00 BST

    Saju, I love your recipes but I tried this one and it just doesn't come out right. My pancake isn't fluffy the way it should be. The batter rises quite a bit but when cooked it comes out flat/thin and gooey. The first batch were a bit watery but I seem to have sorted that out.

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  19. Anonymous28 August 2010 at 03:35:00 BST

    Re above: I think I got it. The batter had to rise much longer than 3 hours. Perhaps the weather? But it's starting to come out much better. Still not perfect but good. Thanks!

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  20. Anonymous1 September 2010 at 16:21:00 BST

    I tried the recepie again a few times and it's come out perfect. The mistake I made was that I used a hand-held mixer and not a blender. The hand-held mixer didn't grind the rice properly which left one pancake watery and the other too thick! When I used the blender it grinded the rice well and my makate mimina was a success. Thank you for your wonderful recepie! Please do post some more. How about tumbo ndesi (banana fritters) the African style?

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  21. Fuzz1 September 2010 at 16:22:00 BST

    I tried the recepie again a few times and it's come out perfect. The mistake I made was that I used a hand-held mixer and not a blender. The hand-held mixer didn't grind the rice properly which left one pancake watery and the other too thick! When I used the blender it grinded the rice well and my makate mimina was a success. Thank you for your wonderful recepie! Please do post some more. How about tumbo ndesi (banana fritters) the African style?

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  22. Anonymous15 September 2010 at 20:20:00 BST

    please let me know if the coconut milk and sugar and yeast is all combined and left overnight, i dont find the instructions very clear.

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  23. Anonymous16 September 2010 at 18:47:00 BST

    I just want to know if you have any cooking videos. If not you should think of doing some, as there are so many chefs who are teaching us how to cook these dishes. thanks

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  24. Anonymous12 April 2011 at 07:13:00 BST

    Should the soaked rice be grinded ?
    or can rice flour be used instead?

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  25. Saju12 April 2011 at 10:04:00 BST

    No you can't use ground rice, it does not works as well has whole or broken rice

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  26. Anonymous8 August 2011 at 21:44:00 BST

    If you use coconut milk instead of cram do you still add one and half cup of warm water

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  27. Saju18 August 2011 at 17:34:00 BST

    No. Make up the volume to 1 and a half cup.

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  28. Anonymous9 July 2012 at 19:18:00 BST

    I tried the recipe this weekend - it tasted delicious but turned out thin and gooey. I cooked it on very low heat on my gas stove. Will try again with 1 tbsp yeast and slightly higher heat.

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  29. Saju5 August 2012 at 16:23:00 BST

    Gooey means not cooked, cook for longer

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  30. Anonymous21 October 2012 at 23:50:00 BST

    Thank you for posting this! Do you know whether it works with brown basmati as well?

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  31. Saju17 November 2012 at 15:49:00 GMT

    No, I am afraid I have not tried brown basmati rice, I will try as soon as I can and let you know.

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  32. Zahra3 January 2013 at 22:05:00 GMT

    Dearest Saju Chachi
    YAM. Please help! I am making this (Inshallah) for my mum's majlis on Saturday. Which rice should I use (long or short?) and also I am a little confused about the overnight yeast mix. Do I use dry yeast and do I mix it with the rice or is the soaked rice a separate mixture? I am making this with kuku paka and really need help. I never saw my mum make this unfortunately and have no one else to ask. Thank you. Zahra

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  33. Saju11 February 2013 at 18:22:00 GMT

    sorry for the delay, I hope all went well. I use basmati rice. place yeast with a little water and sugar, when it froths add to the rice mix.

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  34. Unknown14 February 2013 at 22:01:00 GMT

    Hi, l like ur mkate mimina and i want to try, u said to put on the stow it means on the cooker for 30mns then in grill or oven

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  35. Saju16 February 2013 at 23:22:00 GMT

    That is correct Tamasha. Put it on the cooker (low heat)' and than grill or broil until golden brown

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  36. Unknown17 April 2013 at 13:01:00 BST

    I have tried this recipe, it was awesome.. Thanks a lot.. For beverages check Drink Recipes

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  37. Unknown12 August 2013 at 00:31:00 BST

    best blog I came across to when looking for vitumbua n mkate mimina recipe on net. thnq for a wonderfully creative recipes compilation with pix.

    this will be my go to blog when I m craving back home food.

    thnks a ton

    avni

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  38. Anonymous28 August 2013 at 19:16:00 BST

    Tried this recipe but it did not turn out good as i was hoping but was soggy in the middle and crusty on outside

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  39. Fatima Jaffer Sagarwala20 November 2015 at 00:32:00 GMT

    Thank u! Mine turned out amazing and sweet, just the way I would like it. Invited my schoolmate whose favourite Tanga dessert is Mkate Mimina. She enjoyed it so much! Said she had paid a huge sum to someone to make it but it didn't turn out like this at all!

    Shared link of your recipe with 10,000+ members of Tanga Facebook! Now u r more famous! �� Great job, Chachi's Kitchen!

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