An Indian flavored cake was in my to do list for a long time, as we mix cardamom, coconut milk n nuts in most of our desserts, why not to implement the same in a cake? this raised in my mind. Recently my daughter asked for a cake, as I am tired with other works I don’t want to stress much by making the cake in huge quantity. So I tried it with very usual ingredients from the kitchen pantry. I steamed the cake using idli pan n happens to be vegan at the same time, which doesn’t take more than 12mins for it to cook. The outcome was really perfect, delicious n spongy right? this cake is a big hit at home :-). When you like to crave some dessert you can immd try this instant recipe n enjoy it in less than 25mins of time, including the batter preparation…Dear viewers Merry Christmas to you all…Stay tuned will come up with more interesting recipes in future 🙂
- Soak 5 almonds in hot boiling water for 15mins n peel the skin.
- Meanwhile start preparing the batter.
- Heat 1 Tbsp of oil n fry the finely chopped Almonds, Pista, Cashew/ Raisins n finally before removing from heat add Tutti Fruitti (See Note 2).
- Powder the Semolina slightly (coarse texture not to very fine powder).
- Add Flour, Semolina, Baking Powder, soda, salt n mix well.
- Add coconut milk, sugar n cardomom powder (See Note 3) when sugar dissolves well add the dry ingredients (flour mix) in batches.
- Sooji drink some moisture so add 1-2 Tbsp more Coconut Milk and finally add the fried nuts.
- Heat the Idli Pan/Fry Pan with water, grease the steel cups with oil n pour the batter evenly.
- Garnish with some powdered nuts (I used Pistachios powder).
- Now place the cups over an Idli plate n cook in high flame for 12mins or toothpick inserted at more than one place in the steel cup comes out clean.

- Just leave it in room temperature for 5 mins and remove it.
- Very moistured nuts cake is ready in short time.

Note
- I have extracted coconut milk from shredded coconut so it contains some water n not to thick as store bought one, if using store bought can milk then replace 2-3 Tbsp of milk with plain hot water.
- Instead of oil you can fry the nuts with ghee, as this is a vegan recipe I went with oil.
- If you don’t have Cardamom powder, just dry fry 4-5 cardamoms in low flame for 5 mins and powder it along with sooji.
- Even you can cover the top of the cake with foil to prevent steamed water not to fall over the cake.

WOW..SO LOVELY ONE AKKA… VERY TEMPTING ONE…
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Woow good post dear
Nice flavorful cake dear
Very delicious cake, soft and moist.
Healthy & inviting cake…
I love the idea of making a cake in small quantity. The cake looks great!
tempting ckae.. love the nuts in cake..
innovative cake…looks so lovely ..thnx for linking it to my event
Love the steaming method..Looks soft and moist.
Saras
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Great idea to steam
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Looks yummy!!
Hey wow. this is yum. Love it Thanks for linking this.
Steamed cake looks delicious I love it.
Super spongy nuts cake, wish i get a slice rite now.
Soft and tasty cake. Thx for linking.