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Baked Yogurt Pudding / Baked Bhapa Doi (Bengali Dessert)

Last Updated on August 29, 2022

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If you love cheese cake then you will definitely fall head over heels in love with this Baked Yogurt Pudding. 

Bhapa doi, is a traditional Bengali (Indian) sweet usually steam cooked. Bhapa means steamed and doi is yogurt.Yogurt is considered auspicious in Hindu religion hence bhapa doi is served during Indian festive seasons like Diwali ,Durga puja etc..in Orissa, West Bengal and Bangladesh.
The traditional recipe is quite time consuming with thickening of milk by slow cooking it then making yogurt overnight and finally steaming it but baking with store bought yogurt makes it ridiculously easy.
The pudding can be made one day ahead and served at room temperature or chilled.
Use only one flavor of yogurt u like : I have used Chobani Greek Yogurt vanilla flavor as part of #MadeWithChobani project.

Ingredients:(Makes 4 ramekins )
Yogurt - 1 1/2 cups (Vanilla /Plain Greek yogurt)
Full fat fresh cream - 1 cup ( U can cut down and go for whole milk or even half and half)
Condensed milk - 1 cup
Cardamom - 3 pods seeds powdered (optional)- tastes best with plain yogurt.

To decorate:
Kiwi sliced
Apricot dried
Red cherry canned
Roasted pistachios /cashews chopped

Method:
Beat the yogurt well without any lumps add the cream, condensed milk and cardamom powder / extract.Mix until well combined.
Boil 2 cups of water and pour it  into a casserole dish (This is to get a head start  in steam cooking as soon as the baking begins)
Pour the yogurt mixture into 4 ramekins equally and place it carefully inside the casserole dish with hot water.
Bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes or until the top is firm yet jiggly on touch.(Do not let the edges brown or burn)
Remove ramekins from casserole and let it cool at room temperature decorate and serve or
keep it refrigerated for upto a day and decorate while serving.

Steam cooking :
If you prefer to steam cook instead of baking then place the ramekins (cover each with aluminium foil or steel lid ) in a double boiler with tight lid and water boiling in the bottom dish.Steam cook for 20 minutes on medium flame  till top of bhapa doi is slightly firm.
You could use one large round dish too instead of ramekins and scoop and serve in ice cream cups.

Note:

  • Instead of cardamom use any flavoring essence of your choice like vanilla extract, pineapple extract etc according to the flavor of yogurt used.
  • Go for some saffron stands on top while baking for the beautiful orangish hue on top and silvered pistachios that makes it the most traditional looking. 

Hope you like it.
Meena

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Comments

  1. Julie

    December 18, 2014 at 2:55 pm

    enikku vayya,aa last pic kandappol vayyil sherikkum kappal odichuuu...looks so rich n delicious 🙂

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  2. Gloria

    December 18, 2014 at 3:07 pm

    Bhapa doi looks tempting.. Love the way you presented it

    Reply
  3. AparnaRajeshkumar

    December 18, 2014 at 3:45 pm

    i loved the blog name it is unique 🙂 i never heard of baked yogurt 🙂 looks tempting !

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  4. Shibi Thomas

    December 18, 2014 at 7:10 pm

    Never tried this before. Looks delicious just like flan!!

    Reply
  5. Sathya Priya

    December 18, 2014 at 2:24 pm

    wow they look colorful.even a simple dessert look gorgeous in ur photography ..

    Reply
  6. Radha Natarajan

    December 18, 2014 at 2:29 pm

    awesome clicks and definitely tempting, am so much in love with this as you rightly said.! I have seen many versions of this delectable dish by far this is the best..

    Reply
  7. Shweet Spicess

    December 18, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    Love the way its all explained hope everyone enjoyed as much as my family members did 😀

    Reply
  8. Remya Elizabeth Anish

    December 18, 2014 at 6:21 pm

    So stunning and gorgeous pudding.......sarikkum tempting ennu paranjal ....ithanu. ennae kothipichu....... beautiful clicks..... 🙂

    Reply
  9. Nupur Mehra

    December 18, 2014 at 8:16 pm

    Love it Meena. Amazing dessert this one is !

    Reply
  10. Sona S

    December 19, 2014 at 6:46 am

    beautiful pics.. looks so delicious and tempting..

    Reply
  11. Anupa Joseph (Palaharam)

    December 19, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    The very look is so tempting... Bookmarking it to try it?... this is definitely a good one for the chobani challenge ?

    Reply
  12. Smitha Kalluraya

    December 19, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    that pic is so tempting..wish i could get a spoon of it...

    Reply
  13. Veena Theagarajan

    December 20, 2014 at 1:06 am

    amazing dessert Meena.. very colorful too

    Reply
  14. Priya

    December 20, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    Bappa Doi has been on my 'to do' list for so long. After going through your recipe, I'm tempted to go this route 🙂 Love the handle of those spoons Meena 🙂

    Reply
  15. Rafeeda AR

    December 21, 2014 at 7:01 am

    I have made this once and really loved it... yours looks really beautiful, well set! Awesome clicks as usual...

    Reply
  16. Easyfoodsmith

    December 22, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    Bhapa Doi is a favorite of my husband although I have never made this at home. I always buy store brought ones when he craves for one. Now that I have your tried tested recipe, I am surely going to give this a try.

    Reply
  17. Rekha Vengalil

    December 22, 2014 at 1:26 pm

    This looks really delicious. Very well presented Meena.

    Reply
  18. Navaneetham Krishnan

    December 24, 2014 at 2:56 am

    Awesomely stunning and captivating. I don't want to say anything about the taste because I love love the gorgeous colours. Made me feel so good and happy looking at those visuals.

    Reply
  19. Helene Dsouza

    December 27, 2014 at 11:54 am

    That's a great new dessert find and looks quite comforting. Thanks for sharing, glad to add this recipe to my bucket list. 🙂

    Reply
  20. Farheen Banu

    December 28, 2014 at 3:35 pm

    Hello Meena...
    Lovely pictures and delicious recipes!!

    Iam definitely gonna try this!!

    Reply
  21. indugetscooking

    December 31, 2014 at 8:02 am

    So pretty. Love the pudding as well as the golden apple!

    Reply

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