When I told, Gudiya that I have made "Cucumber Cake" today, she rolled her eyes and quipped, "Why? Is it Broccoli's birthday, today?". At her age of 4, she firmly believes that all the cakes other than chocolate cakes are not qualified to be called cakes. But after hearing her question, I laughed so hard, that she was concerned, "What's wrong, mom?". I just found our conversation too funny. :-DSo here's cucumber cake that is celebrating Broccoli's birthday!! Whatever that means!!:-D
Dhondus
Malvani Cucumber Cake
Ingredients
3 small cucumbers, peeled & grated & water squeezed to make 1 cup
1 cup rawa/sooji/farina/semolina
1 cup jaggery, grated
1 tbsp cashew pieces
1 tbsp fresh coconut pieces/khobryachya kaataLya
3-4 cardamoms, crushed
1/2 cup coconut milk (I used reduced fat, canned coconut milk)
2-3 fresh turmeric leaves
Few drops of oil for greasing the container
Method1. Roast rawa on a low flame for about 10 minutes.
2. Add grated cucumber, jaggery, cashew and coconut pieces. Keep stirring till all the extra moisture is evaporated.
3. Now add coconut milk & crushed cardamoms. The consistency now should be of a cake batter.
4. Grease a pressure cooker container. Line the turmeric leaves at the bottom of the container.
5. Pour the cucumber mixture and pat evenly.
6. Steam the batter in a pressure cooker without putting the pressure.
7. Cut into wedges and serve with vanilla ice-cream.
Note -
1. Some people also add roasted peanuts in the above recipe. However, I do not care for the taste of roasted peanuts in this particular recipe.
2. Serving with the ice-cream was just an experimental idea which was loved by my family. Traditionally, dhondus is served all by itself.
3. Do not let the rawa or the mixture burn. Keep the flame low all the time while roasting.
4. While measuring the grated cucumbers, make sure that the water is completely squeezed out.
5. While measuring the jaggery, make sure it is grated to get the right proportion.
6. Instead of using sooji/rawa/semolina, you can also use rice rawa or idli rawa.
9 comments:
Cute! How does she feel about carrot cake and zucchini bread?
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How cute of Gudiya...loved the line 'Brocolli's bday'!
The name Dhondus is new to me, but we make something similar using rava, big cucumber, jaggery+elaichi. Can't recall its name though! The idea is simply great..serving wt Ice-cream! Hw innovative!
Happy Birthday to Brocolli!
Does your daughter watch
Veggie Tales" on TV ? That might explain broccoli's birthday ..
Wow.. loooks excelllllantttt... deliiiiciiiooouuussss....
thats such a cute answer by Gudiya Meera and the cucumber cake indeed looks yummy!
Cheers,
Siri
Hahah, thats really cute what Gudiya said..A similar thing is called Dhodak/Kadamb in our side..Hadn't eaten it in a long time..Urs reminds me now :)
Kitt:
Probably she hasn't eaten them yet!!:-D
Thanks for your warm welcome.
Purnima:
With ice-cream I could mask the cucumber cake, with a little drizzle of choc syrup on top, Gudiya finished it in no time!!:-D
Cilantro:
:-D
Septemberose:
May be you nailed it down! Though she doesn't watch Veggie Tales, we had read some veggie tales books from the library recently!!:-D
Your daughters comment is so cute,loved this idea of using cucumber in a sweet will give it a try:)
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