Recipe: Tasty Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake

Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake.

You can cook Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake

1. You need 1 cup of grated Cucumber.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of roast semolina or rava.
3. It's 1/2 Cup of grated fresh cocunut.
4. It's 1/2 Cup of jaggery or as per your preferred sweetness.
5. It's of Mixed dry fruits like cashews, raisins and almonds.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder.
7. It's 1/2 tsp of butter.
8. It's Pinch of salt.

Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake step by step

1. Wash, clean, peel, deseed and grate the cucumber. (Reserve the water that come from the cucumber for later use).
2. Clean and roast semolina or rava and add it to the grated cucumber along with jaggery and coconut and a little of the reserved cucumber water. Let this mixture soak for sometime..
3. Next add the dry fruits, cardamom powder and the butter and mix well..
4. Now grease a heavy bottom dish or baking tray and pour this mixture into it..
5. Stream the mixture in a steamer or use a pressure cooker and stream it for around half hour or till done..
6. Once done, cool and serve..
7. Note: I have used regular cucumbers to make this recipe but you can use the larger ones available in the market also.If the mixture is too dry, you can add a little milk..