Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus <=-

odious ads where they filmed 100-year-olds climbing mountains
and milking yaks all under the influence of yogurt.

It was claimed that Bulgarians frequently lived to be 100 because
they ate a lot of yogurt. Actually eating yogurt causes wrinkles and
just makes you look that old! - Harry Weller, circa 1967.

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Title: Bibikkan (Coconut Cake)
Categories: Cakes, Indian, Nuts
Yield: 12 servings

225 g Jaggery
225 g Coconut
50 g Semolina
100 g Dates
1/2 ts Fennel
1 Cardamom
50 g Winter melon preserve
25 g Ginger preserve
25 g Candied peel
50 g Cashew nuts
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Cinnamon powder
1 Egg

Grate the jaggery and coconut, dry roast the semolina and stone
and chop the dates. Roast and crush the fennel and crush the
cardamom. chop the winter melon preserve, the ginger preserve, the
candied peel and the cashew nuts. Dissolve the jaggery in 375 ml
water in a pan, add the coconut and cook for 2-3 minutes. cool the
mixture and then stir in the semolina, dates, fennel, cardamom,
winter melon preserve, ginger preserve, candied peel, cashew nuts,
salt, baking powder and cinnamon. Separate the egg and beat the
white and yolk separately. Fold into the cake mixture and pour
into a buttered baking tray. Bake in a moderate oven (160 C: Gas
Mark 3 ) for 1 1/2 hours.

From "A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera

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Cheers

Jim


... Frozen yohurt is the celery of desserts; be ice cream or be nothing.

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