Ranovola

Name: Ranovola
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Malagasy
Ingredients: Deeply toasted rice crust from the bottom of a pot; 4 cups hot water

Ranovola/rah-noo-VOO-lah/

Also known as: Golden Water

About this dish

A smoky toasted rice water, made by soaking the crispy burnt rice from the pot bottom, similar to ranon'apango but darker.

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Ingredients

🍚Deeply toasted rice crust from the bottom of a pot

🫙4 cups hot water

Method

Serves 4

Let the rice crust at the bottom of the pot toast until very dark and fragrant.

Pour hot water over the deeply toasted rice.

Let steep for several minutes, absorbing the smoky flavor.

Strain if desired.

Serve warm as a traditional after-meal drink.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ranovola is a traditional Malagasy drink, made by extracting flavor from deeply toasted rice crust for a darker, smokier result.

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