Bebinca

Bebinca
Bebinca with ice cream
Alternative names Bibik
Course Dessert
Place of origin Former Estado da Índia Portuguesa
Region or state Goa and Macau
Main ingredients Flour, sugar, ghee (clarified butter), coconut milk, egg yolk
Goan bebinca in Lisbon, Portugal

Bebinca, also known as bibik or bebinka, is a type of pudding and a traditional Indo-Portuguese dessert. Traditional Bebinca has seven layers. The ingredients include plain flour, sugar, ghee (clarified butter), egg yolk, and coconut milk.[1][2]

It is also a traditional sweet in Goa during Christmas.[3] It is also easily available to carry and preserve for a long time or eaten fresh.

Bebinca was also adopted as a typhoon name in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, contributed by Macau.[4] It is prepared in Portugal and Mozambique.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Banerji, Chitrita (2010). Eating India: Exploring the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 1408820544.
  2. ↑ Petrina Verma Sarkar. "Bebinca (layered Goan dessert)". About, Inc. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Bebinca - Culinary Encyclopedia". ifood.tv. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tropical Storm Bebinca lessens threat to Philippines, veers north toward Japan". USA Today. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2011.


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