Name: Healthy Whole-Wheat-Suji Cake recipe by Sonal Sardesai at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Wholewheat Flour- 1tea cup; Suji/Semolina - 3/4th tea cup; Brown/Wholewheat/ Atta Bread Slices- 2 -finely powdered in a dry grinder jar; Beetroot - 2 medium sized,boiled, cooled, peeled and pureed; Apple-1 small pureed; Jaggery/ Sugar-1 1/4th tea cup, powdered or less, according to taste because the beets and apple add a sweetness of their own; Vanilla Essence - 2 tspns; Olive Oil - 3/4th tea cup; Curd/Dahi - 2 tbspns; Baking Powder- 2 tbspns; Baking Soda-1 tspn; Salt - a pinch

ABOUT Healthy Whole-Wheat-Suji Cake RECIPE

Have cake and its healthy too ! We all love cake,young and old alike ! My kids do too and I have experimented with a number of cakes over the years. Starting off from the plain maida cakes, I have tried to make them healthier by incorporating other healthier flours and flavours too. This is one such cake, I have tried out on a whim,turned out soft,fluffy and was appreciated by my family.

Ingredients Serving: 10

Wholewheat Flour- 1tea cup
Suji/Semolina - 3/4th tea cup
Brown/Wholewheat/ Atta Bread Slices- 2 -finely powdered in a dry grinder jar
Beetroot - 2 medium sized,boiled, cooled, peeled and pureed
Apple-1 small pureed
Jaggery/ Sugar-1 1/4th tea cup, powdered or less, according to taste because the beets and apple add a sweetness of their own
Vanilla Essence - 2 tspns
Olive Oil - 3/4th tea cup
Curd/Dahi - 2 tbspns
Baking Powder- 2 tbspns
Baking Soda-1 tspn
Salt - a pinch

Instructions

Sieve the wholewheat flour, suji, baking powder, salt and baking soda together.
Pressure cook the beets with a little water till soft.,4-5 whistles.
Cool, peel and puree them.
Chop, peel (optional) and puree the apple.
Whizz the bread slices in the mixer and keep aside.
Powder the sugar/jaggery and keep aside.
Combine all the dry ingredients together in a large, deep mixing bowl.
Add the beetroot puree, apple puree and oil, little at a time, mix well using an electric beater.
Add in the vanilla essence and dahi and beat well until you get a smooth batter.
Bake in a pre-heated oven at 150 Deg C for 25-30 minutes or till done. Do the knife test before taking the cake out of the oven.

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