Rava Cake\ Semolina Cake (Eggless)

I heard about this recipe from one of my friend and I could not really believe that we can actually prepare cake with rava and curd. I thought of giving it a try this weekend and it was worth the try.

This is one of the few traditional cake recipes and hence it is very simple to prepare. As it uses rava rather than maida, it is healthy too. I guess you can prepare this also with cooker using sand.

The addition of curd makes it really soft. So just enjoy baking.

Ingriedients
Rava\ Semolina- 1 cup unroasted
Fresh Curd - 1 cup
Sugar - two-third cup
Ghee - 3 tablespoon
Baking soda - one forth teaspoon
Cardamom\ Elaichi powder - half teaspoon
Saffron - a pinch
Vanilla extract - half teaspoon (optional)
Cashewnuts - crushed - 2 tablespoon (optional)
Raisins - 1 tablespoon (optional)

Procedure:
1. In a medium bowl, whisk together rava, yogurt and sugar. Add softened ghee and mix everything until batter is formed. Let it rest for 30 minutes to an hour.
2. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees / 180 degree Celsius.
3. Add the remaining ingriedients to the batter and mix well.
4. Grease the baking tray with ghee and pour the batter in the tray. Add the saffron strands on the top.

5. Bake this at 180 degree Celsius for around 25-30 mins.

The delicious rava cake is ready.
Let it cool down before serving it.

Tips:
1. Use only fresh curd. If the curd is sour, the cake may also become a little sour.
2. I have baked this in Oxy Fryer, you can also use microwave.