Bibinca

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 Bibinca is known to be the queen of Goan Desserts.

Bibinca is a type of a pudding , it was introduced in Goa by the Portuguese and is now known to be a traditional Goan dessert. 

It is said that bibinca is quite difficult to prepare but trust me it is very simple and easy to prepare this delicious dessert but it is time consuming. Yeah it takes almost 3hr to make a perfect bibinca.

Bibinca is loved by most of the Goans. Catholic festivals(Christmas/new year) are said to be incomplete without bibinca. My non-Catholic friends as well are very fond of bibinca. When they are invited for lunch on festive occasions, they make sure not to miss out on the bibinca. They make it a point to remind me about the same beforehand as well. A bibinca prepared by my aunt is just something I wound not like to miss on. Ok let me admit I actually slice a piece a bibinca and hide it in the fridge as her bibinca is so much in demand J ( I’m afraid of the full family not leaving a piece of it for me). As I had already mentioned she is an expert in traditional goan dishes, she just masters this.
She generously shared her recipe with us, so here it is ..

Ingredients:

12 egg yoks
½ kg sugar
¼ kg maida
Pinch of Salt
¼ tsp vanilla essence /nutmeg powder
½ cup ghee
4 cups coconut milk (upros)

Method:

· Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.  

     · Separate the egg yolks from the white.

· Extract the coconut milk by grinding 2 ½ grated coconut with 2 cups warm water.

· With half of this coconut milk add and stir the sugar until it dissolves.

And in the remaining half add the strained maida and mix well.

· In the 1^st half coconut milk mixture add the egg yolks, a little at a time with continuous stirring.
· Now combine both the coconut milk mixtures add salt and nutmeg or vanilla. Mix well.
· Grease the baking tin with ghee.

· And pour a layer of the batter according to how thick/you want it to be.

·  Pop it into the oven and bake till the layer become golden brown. Then add another layer in the same proportion and continue repeating this process.

An idle bibinca has 7-8 layers

· When it’s done let it cool then u can turn it on to a plate. Leave it to set for about 12hrs

And you’re done.

                 

Do try this recipe and share it with your family and friends. Enjoy the delightful dessert and don't forget to comment and like.