American Indian Sunflower Seed Cakes

From: Mia in Germany

On Sep 26, 2008

I got this recipe from an American friend some years ago and found it absolutely lovely. As I'm on a gluten-free diet it has been one of my keepers since. Perhaps you'd mark this as gluten-free soomehow (if you didn't already).

From: blancpage

On Sep 19, 2008

Nasseh I am so very sorry I really messed up this recipe, so I'm not giving it stars. My first problem was that after I tagged this, I realized the only sunflower kernels I had was Planter's Dry Roasted Sunflower Kernels, which aren't the same as what the recipe calls for. I had regular yellow cornmeal and real maple syrup. When I simmered the seeds and water, I somehow had the heat above "low" and the seeds began to dry out. So I added a lot more water and made sure my heat was on low. I think maybe an hour wasn't enough to soften the seeds or the seeds were just the wrong type. I could not for the life of me get the seeds ground down correctly. When mixing the maple syrup and cornmeal, I noticed my mixture was dry and crumbly with a tiny bit of moisture, which made me wonder if I read the directions wrong. I thought I was supposed to simmer an equal amount of seeds with an equal amount of water and then drain and grind. My mixture would just not stay together to form patties. I cut the recipe way down because I'd be the only one eating these and I didn't know what to expect. Needless to say I wasted some ingredients and dirtied some dishes, and unfortunately got a big mess. I first tried a mortar and pestle, then a coffee grinder. When I didn't get any results I didn't even bother dirtying a blender. I take full responsibility for messing up this recipe. I guess I'm just not good at making foreign foods. This sounded good though! I hope someone else has better luck. Made for Please Review My Recipe tag game.