Sweet Potato Bebinca

Name: Sweet Potato Bebinca
Yield: Makes 8 to 9 Servings (one 9 in [23 cm] Bebinca)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ tsp ground turmeric; ¼ tsp fine sea salt; 6 Tbsp [85 g] butter, melted, plus more for the baking pan; One 13½ oz [400 ml] can full-fat coconut milk; 1 cup [200 g] jaggery or muscovado sugar; 6 large eggs; 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 1 cup [140 g] all-purpose flour; ¼ cup [60 ml] maple syrup; 2 to 3 large sweet potatoes (1¼ lb [565 g] total)

Preparation info

Makes
8 to 9
Servings ( one 9 in [ 23 cm ] Bebinca)

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Season

By Nik Sharma

Published 2018

About

Bebinca is the ultimate Goan dessert, an egg and coconut milk pudding, which can be made in several ways. My grandmother Lucy made one type that’s called “mock bebinca,” flavored with mashed sweet potatoes and scented with freshly grated nutmeg. I always make this recipe for Thanksgiving, but it’s really a year-round treat.

Ingredients

2 to 3 large sweet potatoes (1¼ lb [565 g] total)
6

Asia
India
Cake
Dessert
Thanksgiving
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F [200°C]. Rinse the sweet potatoes to remove any dirt, pat them dry with paper towels, and poke several holes in them with a fork for the steam to escape. Put the potatoes in a baking dish or on baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.