Steamed Chocolate Idli Cake

Name: Steamed Chocolate Idli Cake
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup all purpose flour; 1/4 cup semolina/sooji; 2 tsp cocoa powder; 2 tbsp chocolate chips (optional); 2 tbsp oil; 3 tbsp curd/yogurt; 3 tbsp sugar or increase as per your taste; 1/4 cup milk; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp vanilla essence; as required Colourful sprinklers and chocolate sauce for serving; as required Water for steamer; For Chocolate Sauce:; 20 grams chocolate; 1 tsp cocoa powder; 1 tbsp sugar; 2-3 tbsp milk

Akum Raj Jamir @cook_9010520

Chennai

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An eggless steamed chocolate cake shaped it like an idli made using an idli steamer with limited ingredients like all purpose flour, semolina (rava) and cocoa powder. Choco Idli Cake is easy and quick to prepare. It doesn’t require any fancy ingredients or techniques.

Akum Raj Jamir @cook_9010520

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Ingredients

10 mins

4 servings

1/2 cupall purpose flour
1/4 cupsemolina/sooji
2 tspcocoa powder
2 tbspchocolate chips (optional)
2 tbspoil
3 tbspcurd/yogurt
3 tbspsugar or increase as per your taste
1/4 cupmilk
1/4 tspbaking powder
1/4 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspvanilla essence
as requiredColourful sprinklers and chocolate sauce for serving
as requiredWater for steamer
ForChocolate Sauce:
20 gramschocolate
1 tspcocoa powder
1 tbspsugar
2-3 tbspmilk

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Steps

10 mins

1

In a mixing bowl add the curd and sugar. Whisk it nicely till the sugar is dissolved completely.
2

Add baking soda and semolina, mix well and keep aside for about 10-12 mins.
3

Sieve the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and mix well.
4

Add oil, vanilla essence and milk to the curd mixture and mix well.
5

Heat water in idli steamer. Grease the idli plate with oil and set aside.
6

Add the flour mixture to the curd mixture and fold gently to make a smooth batter.
7

Now spoon this into the greased idli plate and steam for 10 mins on medium heat. A toothpick inserted should come out clean.
8

Meanwhile, melt the chocolate and sugar. Add cocoa powder, milk, mix and stir well and make a smooth sauce.
9

Remove the cake plate from the steamer and let it cool down for a few mins.
10

Take out the cake from the plate slowly. Serve chocolate sauce and sprinkles or can just serve at it is.