Name: Eggless Basbousa Cake recipe by Sunaina Agrawal at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Semolina - 2 cups; Coconut powder - 1 cup; Jaggery powder - 1.5 cups; Baking powder - 1/2 tsp; Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp; Yoghurt - 1 cup; Milk - 1 cup; Ghee - 1/3 cup; Cardamom powder - 1 tsp; Saffron - few strands; Vanilla - 1 tsp; Chopped nuts and raisins - 1/2 cup

ABOUT Eggless Basbousa Cake RECIPE

Basbousa are middle-eastern semolina cakes, that are seved as a tea-time snack. To increase the health quotient, I have replaced sugar with jaggery and butter with ghee. The taste is extremely rich!

Ingredients Serving: 8

Semolina - 2 cups
Coconut powder - 1 cup
Jaggery powder - 1.5 cups
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Yoghurt - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Ghee - 1/3 cup
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Saffron - few strands
Vanilla - 1 tsp
Chopped nuts and raisins - 1/2 cup

Instructions

Mix semolina, coconut powder, baking powder, baking soda and cardamom powder together.
Mix jaggery powder with yoghurt and add them to the dry items.
Add ghee and saffron strands and give it a mix
Add vanilla extract and milk, mix, so that all the ingredients are well incorporated.
It should form a thick batter. The batter should not be as wet as a normal cake batter, its consistency should be such that it can be spooned into the baking mould.
Grease a baking mould and add half the batter, patting it to spread evenly. Sprinkle half of the chopped nuts and top with remaining batter and pat to smoothen the top. Sprinkle the remaining nuts on top.
Bake in a pre-heated oven for 40 minutes at 180 degrees centigrade.

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