Step by step guide

How to make Sugarcane juice Manni

Preparation

1. Take rice in a thick pan and dry roast on low to medium flame for about 5 minutes. Let it cool.

2. Once cooled, rinse rice until clean and soak for 2 hours.

3. Take 2 cardamoms, take out the seeds, and rinse them. Cover and keep aside. Grease a steel plate or tray with ghee and keep it handy too. (Greasing is optional.)

4. Take soaked rice in a mixer jar. Add cardamom seeds.

5. Add ½ cup sugarcane juice or as required and grind rice to a smooth batter.
Important: Note that no water is added when grinding rice.

Cook Manni mixture

6. Now take remaining sugarcane juice in a thick pan or heavy vessel / kadai. Add rice batter and mix well. There should be no lumps.

7. Heat the Manni mixture on high flame. Keep stirring the mixture. Once the mixture is hot reduce the flame to medium or low depending on the thickness of the pan.

8. The mixture will start to thicken. Keep stirring the mixture, so that the mixture does not stick to the bottom of the pan.

9. Continue to cook and stir until the dough comes almost together.
Now switch off the heat at this consistency. This takes about 20 to 30 minutes depending on the type and thickness of the pan and the flame intensity.

Set Sugarcane juice Manni

10. Now pour the Manni dough or mixture on a greased plate or tray.

11. Spread it evenly with a spoon or spatula keeping height of 1/4 to 1/2 inch as per your preference.
You can smoothen the Manni surface with greased spoon.
Cover the plate and keep aside. Let it cool completely and set. It takes at least 1 hour and may be more depending on the climate and the thickness of the Manni.

12. Once the manni has cooled completely, then slice it to any shapes that you prefer.

13. Serve the Sugarcane juice Manni with fresh ghee. You can also serve or eat Manni as-is without ghee.