Baath
Baath, from above
Non vegEggGoa

Baath

A dense, golden semolina and coconut cake. Goa's Christmas cake before plum cake took over.

75 minTime
5 gProtein each
mildSpice
Christmas baath1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayRava and coconut cake, rested overnight.
The original
307kcalsame
5 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
75minutessame

Classic baath.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

12 servings
Rava (semolina)1½ cups, fine
Fresh grated coconut2½ cups, fresh
Sugar1¼ cups
Butter½ cup, softened
Egg3
Baking powder½ tsp
Cardamom½ tsp

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Mix rava, coconut, sugar and butter, cover and rest overnight.
  2. 2Beat in the eggs, cardamom and baking powder.
  3. 3Bake in a lined tin at 180 C for 50 to 60 minutes.
  4. 4Cool fully before slicing.
Serve it like this

Cut into squares and serve at room temperature with tea, or on the Christmas kuswar platter.

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