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Revani (Semolina Cake in Syrup)

Asia › Turkey
serves 10 1 hr 10 min Medium 5 versions
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Revani without Fat

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

Ingredients

Servings 10 people
  • 6 piece egg
  • half water glass (200 ml) caster sugar
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) semolina · heaped
  • half water glass (200 ml) flour
  • half piece grated lemon zest
  • 1 tablespoon butter · to grease the tray
  • 1 tablespoon flour · to flour the tray
  • For the syrup
  • 4 water glass (200 ml) caster sugar
  • 3 water glass (200 ml) water
  • a quarter piece lemon
  • To decorate
  • 2 tablespoon coconut

How to make it

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  1. Break the eggs into a bowl, add half a glass of caster sugar and beat in a mixer for 10 minutes.
    10 min
  2. Once the eggs have thickened well, put in the floured semolina and the grated lemon and stir with a wooden spoon.
  3. Grease and flour a tray 25-27 cm across.
  4. Tip the egg mixture into it.
  5. Bake in a moderate oven for 40-45 minutes.
    45 min
  6. Boil the measured sugar and water for 5 minutes and skim off the foam.
    5 min
  7. Squeeze the lemon and drop its skin in.
  8. Once the syrup has cooled, pour it over the hot revani.
  9. Leave it in the oven for 5 minutes, then take it out.
    5 min
  10. Once the revani has cooled, run a knife around the edges of the tray.
  11. Shake it lightly so that it comes free of the tray.
  12. Cover it with a round serving plate and turn it over onto the plate.
  13. Decorate the top with coconut 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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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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