Vitumbua (Coconut Rice Pancakes)
Vitumbua (Coconut Rice Pancakes) - An addictive healthy coconut and rice vegan donut or pancake topped with vegan caramel sauce. A melt in your mouth experience!
- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups rice
- 1 teaspoon yeast
- 1 cup canned coconut milk (slightly warmed)
- 2-3 tablespoon coconut flakes (optional)
- ½ -1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ – 1-cup sugar (brown, white or coconut sugar (I used coconut sugar))
- 1 teaspoon Spice (Cardamom, nutmeg)
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cans coconut
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1
Soak 2 cups of rice in a large bowl and let it soften, this might take 4 hours or more, preferably overnight.
- 2
Drain the water completely and add in a food processor or blender together with coconut milk, flakes, spices, sugar, salt and yeast. Blend until puree, you might have to do this in batches depending on your blender- make sure you pause in between and check for smoothness.
- 3
Pour in a large bowl, cover and let it rise in a warm area until doubled in size or when you see bubbles forming.
- 4
Heat a vitumba or fry pan on medium heat, add about a ½ or more teaspoon of oil, and brush the holes with the oil.
- 5
Make sure pan is warm enough before adding batter about ¾ full. Cook for about 2 -3 minutes on each side, then quickly flip using chopstick. Continue cooking on the other side and repeat this process until all the batter is finished.
- 6
Let it cool slightly and enjoy with chai or caramel dipping sauce.
- 7
Coconut Caramel dipping Sauce