Bebinca

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]

Bebinca
Bebinca with ice cream
Alternative namesBibik
CourseDessert and Sweet
Place of originFormer Estado da Índia Portuguesa
Region or stateGoa and Macau
Main ingredientsFlour, sugar, ghee (clarified butter), coconut milk, egg yolk
Food energy
(per serving)
993 kcal kcal
Goan bebinca in Lisbon, Portugal

It is a traditional sweet of Goa, specially popular 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 also, although traditionally it is a Goan layered cake.

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. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. 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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