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Semolina Cake-Eggless Savory Rava Cake Recipe

July 31, 2015 by PadhuSankar 12 Comments

Semolina savory cake is so easy make and tastes very delicious. It is healthy and makes a perfect tea time snack. It also makes a light breakfast. I adapted the recipe from the book Indian Food Made Easy, making a few variations to suit our taste. The cake was moist and very tasty. Today we will learn how to make savory egg less rava/semolina cake with vegetables following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

 

Semolina savory cake

 

Eggless Savory Rava Cake


Eggless Savory Rava Cake

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 40 mins
 Serves: 4-5
 Recipe Category: Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar   Ingredients needed

   Semolina/ rava – 1 cup
   Curd/plain yogurt – 1 cup
   Water – 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp

   Onion – 1 medium size finely chopped
   Ginger – 1 inch piece grated
   Green chilli – 1 finely chopped
   Vegetables – 1 cup finely chopped
   Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp finely chopped
   Sesame seeds/til – 1 tbsp
   Salt to taste

   Baking powder -1/2 tsp
   Baking soda/cooking soda – 1/2 tsp

   Oil for greasing the cake tin

Spice Powder

   Cumin powder -1/2 tsp
   Garam masala/kitchen king masala – 1/2 tsp
   Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
   Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp

For the seasoning

   Oil – 2 tbsp
   Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
   Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Preparation

Cut all the vegetable finely. Vegetables I used – bell peppers (all colors – green, red and yellow ) and a small carrot. You may add vegetables like peas, corn etc.
Grease and line a cake tin with parchment paper.
Pre-heat the oven for 10 minutes at 180 degree C.

Method

In a bowl, add 1 cup of semolina. I used the regular rava used for making rava upma.

 

rava
Add 1 cup of curd.

 

mixing yogurt with rava
Mix well. Let it sit for 10 minutes. In the meantime, we will prepare the seasoning.

 

rava savory cake-3
Vegetables chopped and kept ready.

 

chopped vegetables
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds, when it splutters, add onions, grated ginger and green chillies. Saute until onions turn transparent.

 

sauteing onions
Add the rest of the vegetables and saute just for 3-4 seconds. (you do not have to cook the vegetables as we are going to bake the rava cake).

 

sauteing vegetables for savory rava cake
Add all the spice powder, salt needed, mix well and remove from heat. Let it cool.

 

how to prepare savory semolina cake
Add to the rava + yogurt mixture. Taste the mixture and adjust salt and other spice powder.

 

how to make savory semolina cake
Add water needed. The consistency should be a little thick. I added 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp of water. Then add 1 1/2 tbsp of sesame seeds, baking soda, baking powder and mix well.

 

eggless semolina savory cake
Pour the mixture immediately into the prepared tin, after adding baking powder and soda.

 

eggless savory rava cake
Sprinkle little sesame seeds on the top and bake in a pre-heated oven for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

 

Savory Rava Cake Recipe
Once it cools, remove the cake from the tray, slice and enjoy savory semolina cake with hot coffee or ginger cardamom tea!! It taste delicious as such, but if preferred, you can have it with any chutney of your choice.
For reheating it, you can toast it in a tawa before serving or microwave it after sprinkling little water on top of it.
Storage and shelf life – Store it in any container. Will stay good for 2 days at room temperature.

 

Note – I suggest lining the baking tray with parchment paper in addition to greasing with oil as I had difficulty getting the cake out of the pan. So I removed it piece by piece after cutting it and not by inverting the tray on a plate.

 

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Filed Under: Bachelor Recipes, Breakfast Varieties, cakes and bakes, Quick recipes, Snacks, Uncategorized Tagged With: Eggless cake recipes, Healthy snacks recipes, Mixed vegetables, Semolina/Rava recipes, Uncategorized, yogurt/curd




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Comments

  1. Sarma

    July 31, 2015 at 5:14 pm

    Instead of baking can I steam ?

    Reply
  2. renuswaroop guru

    August 1, 2015 at 4:17 am

    Hi
    Can we make this in the Microwave too?.Thanks-Renu.

    Reply
  3. Padhu Sankar

    August 1, 2015 at 5:20 am

    Sarma, Renu – You can steam the cake, microwave or even bake in pressure cooker.

    Reply
  4. R.VENKATARAMAN

    August 1, 2015 at 6:41 am

    good. shall try. like to replace garam masala by sambhar powder

    Reply
  5. Asha

    August 15, 2015 at 3:08 am

    Looks delicious. Can I use regular upma rava instead of semolina.

    Thanks
    Asha

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      August 18, 2015 at 1:38 pm

      Yes, you can use upma rava.

      Reply
  6. Anonymous

    January 12, 2016 at 11:34 am

    I tried this out, and it turned out beautifully! 🙂 Thank you so much for the recipe.

    Here's my post about it: https://thegalnxtdoor.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/savoury-semolina-cake-eggless-savoury-rava-cake/

    Reply
  7. Renu dvg

    April 26, 2016 at 12:30 am

    Hi Padhu,
    We could make them in Muffin Cups too I suppose?
    Thanks-Renu.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 26, 2016 at 6:34 am

      Yes, you can Renu.

      Reply
  8. Jayashree Ratan

    June 3, 2016 at 1:09 am

    Hi Padhu your recipes are easy out hood. Yu are my go to site nowadays,when I am in doubt.

    Reply
  9. Archana Sampath

    December 30, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    As I lacked regular Rava at this time, I did try this but with Lapsy / godumai Rava… Came out too good. I microwaved for 10 mins nly and it was perfect. Upper part was crispy and inner was well cooked.

    Reply
  10. Sarala

    January 22, 2020 at 7:52 pm

    What is the size of your pan?

    Reply

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