Savoury Cake

Name: Savoury Cake
Total time: 2400 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup urad dal or white lentils soaked for 3-4 hours; 2 medium sized chopped Onions; 2 medium sized chopped Green or Red Chilli; 1 teaspoon whole Cumin seeds; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon Fruit Salt or Eno; 2 cups hung Curd; 1/2 cup Buttermilk; Green Chutney as required; Sweet and sour Tamarind Chutney as required; Salty Boondi as required; 1 teaspoon Chat Masala; 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder; Pomegranate Seeds as required; Some Mint leaves for garnishing

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

Riyadh

#Diwali-Snack
Today I am sharing a savoury cake specially to those who can't eat sweets. This savoury cake is actually a baked dahi vada cake decorated with all the ingredients of dahi vada like baked cake with urad dal, yogurt, green and sweet chutney. I am sure you will like this savoury cake.

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

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Ingredients

40 minutes

1 cupurad dal or white lentils soaked for 3-4 hours
2medium sized chopped Onions
2medium sized chopped Green or Red Chilli
1 teaspoonwhole Cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoonsalt
1/2 teaspoonFruit Salt or Eno
2 cupshung Curd
1/2 cupButtermilk
Green Chutney as required
Sweet and sour Tamarind Chutney as required
Salty Boondi as required
1 teaspoonChat Masala
1 teaspoonRed Chilli Powder
Pomegranate Seeds as required
Some Mint leaves for garnishing

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Grind together soaked dal and cumin seeds.
2

Make a thick, smooth and fluffy batter using very little water.
3

Add chopped onion, chopped chilli, salt and fruit salt. Mix them well.
4

Take 2 small size round cake tin. Line the bottom with baking sheet and grease the sides.
5

Divide the batter into 2 equal portions and fill each tin with the batter.
6

Pre heat oven at 180 degree Centigrade for 10 minutes.
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Bake the dahi vada cake for about 40 minutes or till they become light golden brown in colour.
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Let them cool for sometime and then de mould.
9

Place one cake upside down in the cake serving dish.
10

Soak the cake with 3-4 tablespoon of buttermilk.
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Spread some hung curd or thick yogurt over the cake.
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Sprinkle some chat masala and red chilli powder.
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Now spread a layer of green Chutney(I made green chutney with coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies, garlic, lime juice,salt and little cream cheese).
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Place the 2nd cake (upside down)over the green chutney layer.
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Again soak the cake with buttermilk and then spread hung curd or thick yogurt like before.
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Sprinkle chat masala and red chilli powder.
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Then I make a red border with some tangy pomegranate pearls. Spread some green chutney in the middle.
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Over the green layer spread some crunchy salty bundi, also make a border with sweet tamarind chutney.
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Garnish with some mint leaves. Beautiful decorated savoury cake is ready to serve.
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The cake is very soft, sweet and sour flavored with some crunch from the bundis.