Recipe: Yummy Ramadan Special - Eggless Semolina Cake

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Ramadan Special - Eggless Semolina Cake. Great recipe for Ramadan Special - Eggless Semolina Cake. You are now looking at an Eggless Semolina Cake that is almost similar to Basbousa - a Middle Eastern delicacy. It is very easy and absolutely perfect and delicious.

I never had any idea that a cake made of semolina would be so easy and simple.

It is eggless and I gave a coffee flavour to it.

It is as delicious as a maida / plain flour cake and is healthy too.

You can cook Ramadan Special - Eggless Semolina Cake using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Ramadan Special - Eggless Semolina Cake

1. You need 1 cup of semolina (sooji).

2. Prepare pinch of salt.

3. It’s 1/4 tsp. of cardamom powder.

4. It’s 1/2 cup of castor sugar.

5. You need 1/3 cup of melted butter / oil.

6. Prepare 1/2 cup of yoghurt.

7. It’s 1/2 cup of milk.

8. Prepare 1 tbsp. of pistachios, sliced or any dry fruits.

9. Prepare 1 tbsp. of cherries, chopped.

10. It’s pinch of saffron.

11. It’s 1/2 tsp. of baking powder.

12. Prepare 1/4 tsp. of baking soda.

13. You need of oil to grease the cake pan.

14. You need of some extra cherries & pistachios to garnish.

This is the very same famous iyengar bakery rava cake recipe but with the twist of chocolate into it.

This rava can be made in the microwave as well as in pressure cooker.

Eggless Semolina Mini Cakes- Refined Sugar-free Easy Recipe Festive season for most Indians starts from the month of September itself and goes on well until X'mas and New Year.

Add another few months for us folks in Hong Kong and it goes on until the Chinese New Year.

Ramadan Special - Eggless Semolina Cake step by step

1. In a bowl mix together semolina, salt, cardamom powder.

2. And sugar..

3. Then add in the butter,.

4. Followed by the yoghurt..

5. And milk. Combine everything well & leave aside for 15-20 minutes..

6. Lastly add in the pistachios, cherries,.

7. Baking powder, saffron & baking soda..

8. Mix well and pour into a greased cake tin. (I used a disposable cake tin)..

9. Bake in a microwave oven in the convection mode at 180 degrees C. for 30-35 minutes..

10. Set aside to cool down..

11. Garnish with sliced cherries & pistachios. Then cut into desired shapes and enjoy as an after-meal dessert. For more variation, it can be served with a drizzle of some rabri over it..

Living in Kuwait, the month of Ramadan is an experience by itself.

People who believe in Islam, start their fast before the sunrise and break the fast after sunset.

People even stop on the highway and do namaz without minding the extreme temperatures.

Basbousa also known as kareesa or revani is a a very soft, moist and lip smacking middle eastern sweet cake drenched in sugar syrup with flavors of rose water and commonly topped with blanched almonds.

Basbousa is prepared with semolina/ fine sooji also called farina along with coconut in both egg and Eggless version.