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.
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
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.
Add 1 cup of curd.
Mix well. Let it sit for 10 minutes. In the meantime, we will prepare the seasoning.
Vegetables chopped and kept ready.
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.
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).
Add all the spice powder, salt needed, mix well and remove from heat. Let it cool.
Add to the rava + yogurt mixture. Taste the mixture and adjust salt and other spice powder.
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.
Pour the mixture immediately into the prepared tin, after adding baking powder and soda.
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.
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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Instead of baking can I steam ?
Hi
Can we make this in the Microwave too?.Thanks-Renu.
Sarma, Renu – You can steam the cake, microwave or even bake in pressure cooker.
good. shall try. like to replace garam masala by sambhar powder
Looks delicious. Can I use regular upma rava instead of semolina.
Thanks
Asha
Yes, you can use upma rava.
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/
Hi Padhu,
We could make them in Muffin Cups too I suppose?
Thanks-Renu.
Yes, you can Renu.
Hi Padhu your recipes are easy out hood. Yu are my go to site nowadays,when I am in doubt.
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.
What is the size of your pan?