Eggless Basbousa || Eggless Semolina coconut cake in kadai || How to prepare famous Middle Eastern Dessert Basbousa in kadai

Basbousa / Semolina coconut cake in kadai, it is traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake that is originated in Egypt. Semolina coconut cake video in my youtube channel and recipe here with step by step pics and tips, 

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 It is delectable, juicy & melt in mouth cake which is prepared by semolina, coconut and sugar syrup. We can prepare sugar syrup by adding cinnamon stick or rose petal/ rose water or lemon juice and lemon zest or orange juice and orange zest. Desiccated coconut added in it gives good taste to cake. Today i prepared sugar syrup by adding cinnamon stick. After preparing cake we pour sugar syrup on cake and generally cut cake into diamond shape. Or we can cut it before preparing cake too. As i am preparing cake in kadai, thought not to try that. Almond are decorated on top while baking, i decorated cake with almonds after demolding. I did few changes as i am baking in kadai, if you are baking in oven you can try like above. Do try this simple cake surely you will love it. 

Do check some cakes recipes..

** Strawberry choco chip cake

** multigrain banana bread

** Rava chocolate cake 

** Wheat flour carrot cake

** Bourbon biscuit cake(youtube)

**Bourbon biscuit cake(blog link)

** Mango rose cake

Taking this cake recipe to  #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group's #251 #RavaRaaga theme.  Here every week one member from group in alphabetical order will suggest 2 themes, others will vote. High voted theme will be selected, everyone prepare recipes according to theme. And on some special occasions we all will prepare recipes with out theme. For #251 week i got chance to  suggest theme, --> "prepare any recipe using any variety semolina" theme is selected by blogger friends, waiting for yummy recipes from my blogger friends. How is my drawing for theme friends 😍. 

 

                                  

  

    

                  Basbousa || Middle East  Semolina coconut cake 

Preparation time - 15 minutes

cook Time : 45 minutes

Serves : 1 cake

Category : Cakes 

Recipe Cuisine: Middle east ||Egypt

Main ingredients : Semolina, coconut

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

For cake

Semolina - 1 1/2 glass or 3/4 cup

desiccated coconut - 1 small cup

curd - 1 small cup

milk - 3/4 to 1 glass

butter - 2 tsp

vegetable / neutral oil / cooking oil - 1/2 glass(small, adjust)

 powdered sugar - 3/4 cup (as we use sugar syrup on cake i am using less sugar , we can use 1 cup)

baking soda - 1/2 tsp

baking powder - 1 tsp

vanilla essence - 1 tsp

For sugar syrup

Sugar - 1/4 to 1/2 cup

water - 1/2 cup

cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch

rose water or rose petals - optional (i did not used)

Others

Kadai  or pressure cooker 

stand

salt - 1/2 cup

tooth pick - 1 

Instructions

1)  Heat kadai by adding salt and by placing stand on medium flames till we prepare batter.

                               

2) Take a wide bowl, add melted butter, oil, curd, powdered sugar, vanilla essence mix well. 

3) Take round or square cake tin add 1 tsp oil spread it well, place butter paper on it and keep it aside. If you d't have butter paper sprinkle some sooji/ maida / wheat flour inside tin & spread it evenly.

4) Now add dry ingredients, semolina, desiccated coconut, baking powder and baking soda one after other to the above mixture.

5) Pour little by little to the above and mix well, batter should not be thick or thin it should be pouring consistency.

6) immediately place the tin in preheated kadai, close the lid. At first bake it on medium to high flames for 5 minutes. Later reduce flames to low and bake it for 35 minutes.

7) Meanwhile prepare sugar syrup,  you can skip sugar syrup if you d't like much sugar in cake, then it will be normal semolina coconut cake. Take 1/2 sugar and 1/2 cup of water in a pan, 1 inch cinnamon stick and boil, till sugar dissolves. Switch off the flames and let it cool.

8) After 35 minutes open the open the lid and insert tooth pick in it, if it comes out clearly without any batter then our cake is ready. If you see batter on tooth pick, close the lid and cook 10 more minutes on medium flames and then check again. Make sure that cake is not burning.

9) Take cake tin outside and let it cool, later keep some holes on cake using tooth pick, so that cake will absorb sugar syrup.  Now pour sugar syrup in two to three batches on cake and let it aside for 30 minutes.( Do not add too much syrup you can not demold cake.

10) Now scratch cake tin sides using knife and place plate on tin reverse it carefully and tap on tin. Cake will come out easily, remove butter paper.

11) Our basbousa is ready, cut cake into diamond or square shape & decorate it with grated almonds or pistachios or fried almonds and coconut as per your availability and wish. You can also pour remaining sugar syrup on cake to make it more juicy. I do not like sweet that much, so the quantity i added is perfect for my cake. Some portion sugar syrup still is remaining, i will it while preparing tea.

                

                       

Tips

** Make sure that kadai or pressure cooker is preheat.

** Use fine quality semolina, if your semolina is not fine, you do not get perfect cake texture.

** Use fresh curd, curd is replacement to eggs.

** Batter should not be too thick or thin.

** If baking soda not available then skip it.

** Make sure that tin is coated with oil well/ otherwise cake will break while demolding.

** If you d't have cake tin use any tiffin box.

** Do not forgot to make holes on cakes using only tooth pick or that size material, so that cake absorb sugar syrup and make cake more juicy.

** Adjust sugar quantity according to your taste.

** You can add lemon or orange  juice and lemon or orange zest in sugar syrup. You can also add rose water or dried rose petals while boiling sugar syrup. 

** If you are using pressure cooker then make sure to remove cookers whistle and gasket.(below pic is my Rava chocolate cake small portion of batter i baked in pressure cooker).

           

** Do not heat kadai/ cooker too long time or on high flames as cake will become hard.

** Do not be panic if you are cake is ready after 40 minute, just bake it for some more time by increasing its flame very bit.

** Do not open lid in middle while baking as you do not get fluffy cake.

Also check other related recipes by clicking the link below the pic..

                               

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                              Bourbon Biscuit cake || youtube bourbon biscuit cake


                       

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Cold coffee with coffee jelly || How to prepare cold coffee with homemade coffee jelly

Cold coffee with coffee jelly with step by step pics, tips and video(will share tmw). Hai friends, how are you all doing? Hope you are all doing good. Stay home,stay safe, stay healthy and stay hygiene. I prepared this Japanese coffee jellies by using china grass. Firstly i d't like coffee or tea(but love detox green tea a lot ) but hubby and his entire family cannot live without coffee. But believe me i loved this cold coffee jelly a lot, it is chilled, tasty and creamy.

Youtube link

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 Adding coffee jellies in it is the highlight. Some information about china grass or agar agar or Japanese isinglass(information from wiki)  is - it is a type of vegetable gelatin extracted from seaweed. This is natural thickener and it is used to prepare jellies, puddings,ice creams, puddings, desserts etc., It is available in the form of dried strands or in powder form. I used dried strands, it is soaked in hot water for 10 to 20 minutes then used. We can also powder the dried strand and use. It gives smooth and glassy look, it set easily on room temperature. And it does not melt when kept out at room temperature so we can use it easily, kids will love to have jellies. 

Taking this chilled, tasty, creamy and jelly cold coffee with coffee jelly to Foodie Monday Blog Hop fb group's #245Loveforcoffee theme.This week theme was suggested by Sasmita, she want us to prepare any recipe using coffee as main ingredient. She is a wonderful and talented chef i love her photography and presentation skills they are very attractive. Check out her space for different varieties of recipes from different regions and Odisha cuisines.  I bookmarked her valentine special cake and lemon crinkle cookies and her recent /vegetable ragi soup to try it soon. Do check her blog for yummy food mesmerising pics. While checking recipes i saw this japanese coffee jelly recipe from wiki, with lots of modification i prepared this recipe.

  

    

                                                 Coffee Jelly in cold coffee

Preparation tie - 20 minutes

cook Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 3 glasses

Category : Beverage 

Recipe Cuisine: Japanese  

Main ingredients : coffee, china grass

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

To prepare coffee jelly

china grass - 7 gms

water - 2 glasses + 1/2 glass

instant coffee powder - 2 tsp

( i used continental Xtra instant south blend coffee powder, it is very strong so it took 10 spoons of sugar, if you use bru or sunrise then it wont take much sugar. adjust sugar accordingly)

sugar - 6 to 10 tsp

To prepare cold coffee

instant coffee powder - 1 tsp

sugar - 4 tsp

Full fat milk - 2 large glasses

Chocolate syrup - for decoration(i did not used,optional)

ice cube - 4 to 6

Instructions

1) Heat 1/2 glass water, cut china grass and take it in a cup add hot water, mix well and keep it aside for 10 to 20 minutes.

2) Boil 2 glasses of water, add 2 stp of coffee powder and 10 tsp of sugar (Please add sugar according to your taste and type of coffee powder your using). now add soaked china grass and mix it well, cook it on low to medium flames till china grass dissolves in it.

3) Take it  into bowl and let it set in refrigerator for 2 hrs.  It can set easily at room temperature but we need chilled jelly so keep it in fridge.

4) After 2 hrs check it, coffee jelly will set properly with glassy, smooth and jelly texture. scratch side using knife, keep plate on bowl and reverse the jelly and cut it into pieces.

5) Now it's time to prepare cold coffee, in a cup take 1 tsp coffee powder. To that add 2 tsp of hot water and mix well. Take blender add ice cubes and prepared coffee mixture, 4 tsp of sugar(adjust according to your taste and coffee powder used).

6) Add chilled full fat milk to the above and blend till you get creamy foam.

7) Our cold coffee is ready, let serve this, we can serve cold coffee in many ways by decorating glasses with chocolate syrup, by adding cream or ice cream. Today i am sharing a simple version as i want to highlight coffee jellies. Take jellies in a serving glasses then pour prepared cold coffee.

Our cold coffee with coffee jelly is ready to serve, garnish cold coffee with foam. Enjoy your day with this cold coffee with coffee jelly.

Tips

** Main tip is quantity of sugar adding , it depend on the type of coffee powder your adding.

** jelly will set easily on room temperature, we want cold jellies so keep it in refrigerator.

** Garnish cold coffee as per your taste.

Hope you liked this cold coffee with coffee jelly recipe , also check other beverages by just clicking the link below pic..

                   

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                        Sabja buttermilk

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