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Revani (Semolina Cake in Syrup)

Asia › Turkey
serves 10 55 min Easy 5 versions
Meat-free Vegetarian Iftar Holiday Table
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Revani with Carrot

One of 5 versions of Revani (Semolina Cake in Syrup). The table below shows how their ingredients differ.

Ingredients

Servings 10 people
  • 3 piece egg
  • 3 coffee cup (70 ml) yoghurt
  • 2 coffee cup (70 ml) caster sugar
  • 1 coffee cup (70 ml) oil
  • 3 coffee cup (70 ml) semolina
  • 3.5 coffee cup (70 ml) flour
  • 1 piece carrot
  • 1 packet vanilla
  • 1 packet baking powder
  • 2 tablespoon coconut
  • For the syrup
  • 2.5 water glass (200 ml) sugar
  • 3 water glass (200 ml) water
  • a quarter piece lemon

How to make it

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  1. Beat the eggs and the caster sugar well with a whisk.
  2. Add the yoghurt, the oil, the semolina and the vanilla.
  3. Grate the carrot on the fine side of the grater and stir it into the mixture.
  4. Add the flour and the baking powder and stir it in well.
  5. Pour it into a greased tray.
  6. Bake at 180 degrees.
  7. Make a syrup, not too thick, from the water, the sugar and the lemon, and let it cool.
  8. Once the cake has cooled to warm, drizzle the cold syrup over it.
  9. Sprinkle coconut over the top.
  10. Serve it sliced, or cut out with the help of a glass.
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Revani (Semolina Cake in Syrup) versions

They are all the same dish; the table below lists only the ingredients that set them apart. Ingredients common to every version (flour, salt, oil) are left out — they make no difference.

Classic base With carrot With milk With walnuts Without fat
Ingredient Classic With carrot With milk With walnuts Without fat
coconut ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓
egg ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓
flour ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓
vanilla ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ —
water ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓
baking powder ✓ ✓ — ✓ —
lemon — ✓ — ✓ ✓
yoghurt ✓ ✓ — ✓ —
butter — — — — ✓
carrot — ✓ — — —
cinnamon — — ✓ — —
lemon juice ✓ — — — —
margarine — — ✓ — —
milk — — ✓ — —
oil — ✓ — — —
walnuts — — — ✓ —

Classic

serves 12 1 hr

The basic revani, made with yoghurt and semolina; coconut over the top.

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With milk

serves 8 30 min

No oven, no syrup: everything cooks in a pan to the thickness of a milk pudding and sets in a mould.

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With walnuts

serves 12 1 hr 5 min

A revani made with coarsely crushed walnuts; water goes over it first as it leaves the oven, then cold syrup.

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Without fat

serves 10 1 hr 10 min

A revani with no fat in the batter, risen on six eggs; the syrup goes on while it is hot.

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