Semolina – Sooji Cake in Pressure Cooker

Semolina – Sooji Cake in Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

• 1 cup fine sooji
• ¼ cup maida
• 2/3 cup lukewarm milk
• ¼ cup thick curd
• ¼ cup refined oil or melted butter
• ½ cup powder sugar
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder
• 1 tbsp chopped cashew and almonds
• 1 tbsp tutti fruity
• 1 -1 tsp oil and flour for greasing pan

Method

• Mix powder sugar, oil and curd in a mixing bowl and mix.
• Add maida, sooji and half of the milk and mix nicely. Keep aside for 30 minutes.
• Add remaining milk, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cardamom powder  and half of the nuts and tutti fruit and mix well.
• Greese 7 inch cake pan with oil and sprinkle flour to make a fine coating.
• In a pressure cooker add one cup salt and put one wire stand on it, heat on  medium flame for 4-5 minutes.
• Remove the vessel and gasket of the pressure cooker.
• Pour cake batter in the cake pan, add remaining chopped nut and turri fruity over it, tap gently to remove air bubbles.
• Carefully put the cake tin in the pressure cooker and close the lid, bake the cake on low flame for 35-40 minutes or till toothpick insert came out clean.
• Remove tin from the cooker and demold the cake, cut in the slices and serve.