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Goan Cucumber Cake / Tavasali

Course Breakfast, Desserts, Sweet, Breakfast, Sweets, Snacks
Cuisine Goan, Indian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 6 people
Author Raksha Kamat

Ingredients

  • 2 and 1/2 cups cucumber peeled and grated
  • 1 and 1/2 cup jaggery grated
  • 1 cup rava / semolina
  • 1 cup coconut freshly grated
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 4 cardamom pods peeled and crushed
  • 10 cashewnuts broken
  • 1 teaspoon ghee/clarified butter for greasing the baking pan
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  • Heat a skillet or wok and roast rava till it is light brown or till aroma wafts in the air. Let it cool completely. This would take around 20 minutes.
  • Take a mixing bowl and add all ingredients together. Grated cucumber will release water. Let the rava or semolina get soaked nicely.
  • Take a baking dish and grease it with ghee or clarified butter.
  • Pour the mixture in the baking dish. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes at 200 C.
  • You can also steam the cucumber cake using double boiler method.
  • Check if the cake is baked by pricking a toothpick or knife in the center. If the toothpick or knife comes out clean, the cake is baked. Else bake it further till done.

Notes

Note: You can also cook the cake on gas. Grease the nonstick pan with ghee or clarified butter.
Add the cucumber and rava mixture in a nonstick pan and cook covered on low flame for 30 minutes.
Do not use ghee for greasing if you want to make this cucumber cake vegan.
Do not add water to this recipe.