BROWSE THROUGH

Thursday 19 January 2012

Savoury Semolina Cake ~ A Healthy Snack!

I have recently finished reading a book I didn't enjoy much. So instead of writing a bad review and cribbing about it, I decided to do a food related post again. The book review can wait for a while. 

This recipe has been lying in my drafts for months now, I thought it would be good to post it now since, I have a food event running here with the theme -'Healthy & Hearty' and this one of the healthiest snack/bake I make regularly. It can be served for breakfast or afternoon tea and you don't have to worry about the portion size at all.
Savory Semolina Cake:
Recipe Source: Anjum Anand's Indian Food Made Easy
(Click here for the printable version:)

Ingredients:

2 tsp vegetable oil, plus extra for oiling the loaf pan.
1 cup semolina.
1 cup plain low fat yoghurt.
3 tbsp water.
¼ cup frozen peas.
¼ cup chopped onions(optional, i didn't use it)
¼ cup finely chopped carrot.
¼ cup chopped bell pepper.
¼ cup chopped green beans
1 tsp grated ginger
1 green chilli chopped finely.
Few curry leaves.
1 tsp red chilli powder.
¼ tsp turmeric powder.
1 tsp mustard seeds.
½ tsp cumin seeds.
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda.
1 tbsp sesame seeds.
A pinch of asafoetida
1 tsp salt

Serves 8.

Process:

1.Preheat the oven at 180 C and oil a medium loaf tin.

2. Mix together the semolina, yogurt, water, salt to make a batter of a medium thick consistency. Heat the oil in a small saucepan. Add asafoetida, mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilies and cumin seeds and cook for about 20 seconds until the mustard seeds have popped and the cumin is aromatic. Add the veggies and spices and cook for 2-3 minutes Stir into batter.

3. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda and immediately pour the mixture into the prepared tin and sprinkle over sesame seeds. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.

4. The cake is ready when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean and when the edges are crisp. Leave the cake to cool in the tin. Slice when cooled and serve with the chutney of your choice or ketchup.


Linking it to my event- Healthy and Hearty. Thank you for stopping by! Cheers!


10 comments:

  1. A very unique kind of cake, indeed!
    Healthy with all the vegetables instead of sugars & all-purpose flours! :)

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  2. Oh what a delightful and healthy recipe. Infact the preparation is so similar to that of Rava idli- semolina, yoghurt and the likes except for the baking and the soda bicarb. Can u shoot me a test mail to gayathri.ramdas@gmail.com ? Will send details abt the camera over the next week..

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  3. I have also bookmarked this recipe and there is no doubt it is super healthy.

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  4. What a nice savoury cake..must try! But a very bad idea to check all this yummy stuff out on the blog on an empty stomach :-(

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  5. I always love to try savory bakes, this sounds really good, gorgeous clicks

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  6. this looks so pretty with all those colours & the sesame seeds on top.. love it :)

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  7. Mmmm....thats something good to try!Lovely blog and wonderful recipes Jyothi!

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  8. hello,
    could you please mention the amount of salt required for this recipe.

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