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Goan bibinca By Mercy Silveira

Mercy Silveira
It’s a Goan dessert and it’s special because it is prepared only during Christmas

Serves15-20

Cooking Time1 hr 22 minutes

Meal TypeDESSERT

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INGREDIENTS

  • 10 Egg Yokes
  • 350gms Sugar
  • 140gms Flour
  • 1 Big Coconut for Thick and thin Coconut Milk
  • A Pinch of Salt
  • Nutmeg Powder (1 and a quarter Nutmeg)
  • 3/4 Cup of Water

PREPARATION

  1. 1

    Step-1 You start by heating the water, mix the sugar in the water and keep stirring till it all disappears.

  2. 2

    Step-2 Drop in the flour and continue stirring it, you can also add the pinch of salt with the flour.

  3. 3

    Step-3 The nutmeg powder needs to be strained, so you will have the thinner nutmeg powder filtered.

  4. 4

    Step-4 Keep the filtered powder for later put the slightly thicker powder in the mixture now.

  5. 5

    Step-5 Once again keep stirring until its all evenly mixed.

  6. 6

    Step-6 Now its time to put the yokes in Add the yokes and beat them into the mixture one by one .

  7. 7

    Step-7 Keep blending untill its all nicely mixed make note of the colour.

  8. 8

    Step-8 You need to have two kinds of coconut milk, one is thick and one is thin. The reason behind it is you need to have a precise consistency to build on the layers. Don’t worry its not that difficult.

  9. 9

    Step-9 So you first add the thick coconut milk and its important you stir to get all the batter to mix up with the milk. Then you add some of the thin coconut milk and continue mixing it up.

  10. 10

    Step-10 Now you need to mix the right amount of coconut milk till the consistency reaches a point untill it is slightly thicker than what you require for pancakes. Once you reach that, you will need to filter the mixture with a muslin cloth.

  11. 11

    Step-11 Remember that fine nutmeg powder I had asked you to set aside. Well its time for you to add it in.

  12. 12

    Step-12 Its pretty obvious that you would require to blend it in again!.

  13. 13

    Step-13 Alright its time to bake the mixture now, take a round mould Apply some oil into the mould and move it around the mould not too much.

  14. 14

    Step-14 Time to put in the mixture, stir it and put enough to form the first layer of the Bibinca. Every layer after this will have to be stirred as well.

  15. 15

    Step-15 Once you add the mixture keep it for ten to fifteen minutes in the oven to bake untill the layer becomes a nice brown on top.

  16. 16

    Step-16 Then apply a coat of ghee evenly on the surface of the top layer.

  17. 17

    Step-17 Once done go ahead and pour the mixture of the second layer, do not forget to give the mixture a nice stir before you do that.

  18. 18

    Step-18 Every layer needs to be baked for atleast 40 minutes on a nice slow flame so place it accordingly in you over till they get nice and brown.

  19. 19

    Step-19 There you go a delicious Bibinca.