Jaintia Sakin Gata

Name: Jaintia Sakin Gata
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Jaintia
Ingredients: 300 g rice flour; 250 ml hot water; 100 g black sesame seeds; 100 g Jaggery; 1 pinch Salt; 2 pieces banana leaf; 2 stalks spring onion; 2 tbsp coriander leaves

A rolled steamed rice cake filled with a sweet roasted black sesame and jaggery filling, a treasured Jaintia Hills sweet.

🇮🇳India· Meghalaya

Prep: 30 min
Cook: 30 min
Total: 60 min
Servings: 6
Difficulty: Medium
Calories: 240 kcal

Ingredients

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Servings

300 g rice flour
250 ml hot water — for dough
100 g black sesame seeds — roasted and coarsely ground
100 g Jaggery — grated
1 pinch Salt
2 pieces banana leaf — for rolling and steaming
2 stalks spring onion — chopped
2 tbsp coriander leaves — finely chopped

Equipment

•Steamer
•Rolling surface

Nutrition

Per serving, approximate

Calories: 240 kcal
fat: 7 g
carbs: 42 g
fibre: 3 g
protein: 5 g
calories: 240 kcal

Instructions

1
Mix rice flour with a pinch of salt. Slowly add hot water and knead into a smooth, soft dough.
2
Cover the dough and let it rest for 10 minutes.
3
Mix roasted ground black sesame with grated jaggery (unrefined cane sugar) until the filling holds together.
4
Grease a banana leaf. Roll the dough out thinly on the leaf into a flat rectangle.
5
Spread the sesame and jaggery filling evenly over the rolled dough.
6
Use the banana leaf to help you roll the dough tightly into a log.
7
Wrap the rolled log securely in more banana leaf.
8
Steam the wrapped roll for 25 to 30 minutes until firm and cooked through.
9
Let it cool slightly. Unwrap the leaf and cut the log into round slices to serve.