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Revani (Semolina Cake in Syrup)

Asia › Turkey
serves 12 1 hr 5 min Medium 5 versions
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Revani with Walnuts

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

Ingredients

Servings 12 people
  • 5 tea glass (100 ml) flour
  • 4 piece egg
  • 2 tea glass (100 ml) yoghurt
  • 1.5 tea glass (100 ml) semolina
  • 2 tea glass (100 ml) sugar
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) walnuts
  • 2 packet baking powder
  • 2 packet vanilla
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) water · to drizzle over as it comes out of the oven
  • To decorate
  • 2 tablespoon coconut
  • For the syrup
  • 3.5 water glass (200 ml) sugar
  • 3.5 water glass (200 ml) water
  • a quarter piece lemon

How to make it

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  1. Make the syrup first: boil the sugar, the water and the quarter lemon.
  2. Leave it to cool.
  3. Beat the eggs with the sugar until they are frothy.
  4. Add the yoghurt, the semolina and the vanilla.
  5. Add the baking powder to the sifted flour and put it into the mixing bowl.
  6. Add the coarsely crushed walnuts as well and stir.
  7. Grease a small baking tray lightly.
  8. Sprinkle sugar over it so that the batter does not stick.
  9. Pour the batter into the tray and bake in a preheated moderate oven until it is golden top and bottom.
  10. Once it comes out of the oven, drizzle 1 water glass of water over it.
  11. Spread the syrup you have cooled evenly over every corner of the revani.
  12. Once it has drunk up the syrup, slice it and transfer it to a serving plate.
  13. Sprinkle coconut over the top and serve.
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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 carrot

serves 10 55 min

A revani made with finely grated carrot; cold syrup goes over it while it is still warm.

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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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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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