Bebinca, also known as bibik, is a type of pudding and a traditional Goan dessert. The ingredients include plain flour, sugar, ghee (clarified butter) and coconut milk.
The dessert is baked in a specially-made clay oven, with a layer of hot coals over it. It has to be baked in layers and traditionally has 16 layers. The dessert is very common in Goan cuisine.
In Portugal and Mozambique, it is also a common dessert in Goan restaurants.
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Bebinca, also known as bibik, is a type of pudding and a traditional Goan dessert. The ingredients include plain flour, sugar, ghee (clarified butter) and coconut milk.
The dessert is baked in a specially-made clay oven, with a layer of hot coals over it. It has to be baked in layers and traditionally has 16 layers. The dessert is very common in Goan cuisine.
In Portugal and Mozambique, it is also a common dessert in Goan restaurants.
This food is also popular in the Philippines, where it is known as bibingka. In the Filipino method of preparation, rice flour is used (the baking process is similar to that of the bebinca). Before being served, butter or margarine is spread and sugar is sprinkled over the bibingka. It is typically served with grated coconut.
Bebinca was also adopted by the International Weather System as a typhoon name.
As of October 9, 2007, the town of Dingras, Ilocos Norte in the Philippines is expecting a Guinness World Records certification after baking a kilometer...
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