Eggless Semolina/ Rava/Sooji Cake

I never thought or I should say tried making a cake using Rava / Sooji. I have got this recipe from a friend who owns LG microwave and was happy to share this recipe from her LG cookbook. My MIL loved this cake.

Recipe is as it is from LG cookbook along with little changes made by me.

Recipe:

• 1 cup Semolina(sooji/suji). I use chiroti rava.
• 1/2 up whole wheat flour (atta)
• 1/2 cup plain flour (maida)
• 1/2 cup yogurt (dahi)
• 1/4 tsp saffron(kesar) or pinch of yellow color
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup + 2 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup + 2  tbsp milk approx.. I added 2 tbsp extra as batter was very thick.
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp green cardamom powder
• 1 tbsp cashews or pine nuts or raisins (kishmish)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160 degree Centigrade. Grease a 8-9" baking pan.
• Sift together rava, maida, wheat flour, soda and baking powder. Set aside.
• In a big bowl combine yogurt, oil and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Add semolina mixture, saffron, green cardamom and milk to get a soft dropping consistency. Beat with an electric beater at medium speed for 5 minutes.
• Pour batter into the prepared baking tin. sprinkle cashews and raisins on top. Bake for 30 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cake was soft and yummy. MIL loved it as it was egg less and no maida. Family Happy I am Happy!.

Khoya Sooji Ladoo

For Baisakhi I wanted to prepare some sweets to celebrate this festival. As, I have stopped buying sweets from market for any festival and I wanted to stick to my own policy and rule. By doing this not only I am learning new recipes, but the most important thing is that I am making sure that my family is eating healthy and there is no food adulteration. I want to stop outside food as much as I can.

For this  Baisakhi I prepared Khoya Sooji Ladoo's as they are very easy to prepare in fact you can prepare them in 10 -15 minutes. I found this easy recipe from Preety's Kitchen

So  let's get started and learn how to prepare khoya sooji ladoo at home.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sooji/semolina
• 1 cup khoya
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup desi ghee
• 1 tsp eliachi powder
• 3 tsp chopped cashew nuts, almonds.

Step by step guide to prepare Khoya Sooji Ladoo:

•  Heat ghee in a pan.
• Add sooji and fry it until it turns light brown in colour. Remove it in a bowl.
• Take same pan and fry khoya until it becomes loose and soft.
• Mix Sooji and khoya in one bowl.Let it cool for some time but do not bring it to room temperature.
• Add sugar, elaichi, chopped nuts and mix it well.
• Take fist full mixture in your hand and make round balls from it. You may need to apply some pressure using your hands while making balls.
• Garnish with pistachio or chopped almonds.
• You can store then for 7 days in refrigerator.

                                                               Happy Basant Panchami
Note:

• Do not over fry sooji and khoya.
• Do not bring mixture to room temperature as it will be difficult to give it make round shape.
• Do not add sugar when mixture is very hot.

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Happy Cooking and be safe!


Other ladoo recipes:

Besan Ladoo