Sanna (rice cakes)
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Sannas, are a spongy, white, and slightly sweet steamed rice and coconut bread. They are considered to be a Goan variant of idli, a South Indian
South Indian cuisine
South Indian Cuisine is a term used to refer to the cuisines found in the four southern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.-Similarities and differences in "Four states' cuisines":...

 dish.

Sannas is popular among the Goans,both Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

s as well as Catholics
Goan Catholics
The Goan Catholics are an ethno-religious community of Roman Catholics and their descendants from the state of Goa, located on the west coast of India. They are Konkani people and speak the Konkani language...

. Sannas are still extremely popular amongst the Konkani diaspora
Konkani people
Konkani people , form a group of people mainly found in the Konkan Coast of western India whose mother-tongue is the Konkani language....

 of Karnataka and Kerala. It is also popular among the East Indians and the Kupari Catholic
Kupari
Samvedi are a sub group of East Indian community. This community is concentrated mostly in Bassein , India, which is about north of Mumbai. Kupari Ancestors were Mixture of Samvedic Brahmins, Goans and Portuguese because of inter marriages between them. The population is about 40,000 to 45,000...

 community based in and around Mumbai
Mumbai metropolitan area
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region /Mumbai Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area consisting of the metropolis of Mumbai and its satellite towns. Developing over a period of about 20 years, it consists of seven municipal corporations and fifteen smaller municipal councils...

.

Sannas were often called as Hitt or Hittli in old Konkani by Hindus, and now commonly known as Idli. They make Sannas on various religious occasions like Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi , also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi is the Hindu festival of Ganesha also called Vinayagar in Tamil Nadu, the son of Shiva and Parvati, who is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees in the duration of this festival...

, Yugadi. Catholics too prepare it during the church feasts. Hindus normally use urad dal, coconut water and milk for fermentation.
Catholic Sannas consist of two types: toddy fermented sannas and the other made using the sap of the coconut palms.

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