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Koba Ravina (Kobandravina)

Koba ravina is a delicious authentic dessert from Madagascar, made of vanilla-flavored glutinous rice, topped with peanuts and cooked in banana leaves.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 10 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: African , Vegan

Ingredients

  • 5 bananas (ripe)
  • 1½ cup glutinous rice flour
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • ½ cup peanuts , coarsely ground
  • banana leaves
  • Raffia

Instructions

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  1. Mash bananas. Mix with rice flour and sugar.
  2. Cut the vanilla bean in two, lengthwise. Split the pod in two and scrape the inside of each half pod with the blade of a knife to remove the seeds.
  3. Add collected vanilla and mix.
  4. Place 3 tablespoons of the batter in the center of a banana leaf.
  5. Sprinkle with peanuts
  6. Fold the banana leaf along the length of a rectangle and tie with raffia.
  7. Steam for 20 minutes.