Cucumber Cake

Cucumber Cake (Tavsalli)

Prep Time:  20 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Serves: 8 - 10

Ingredients:
1 cup rava / sooji
1 cups grated cucumber
1 teaspoon roasted sesame
2/3 cup grated jaggery
10 cashews chopped
4-5 cardamom powdered
Salt as per taste
1 tablespoon ghee/ margarine






Method:

• Pre-heat oven at 350 degree.
• In a bowl mix cucumber, jaggery, sesame, cashews, cardamom powder and salt. Try to melt jaggery completely with cucumber.
• Roast rava in a pan on moderate heat for 2 minutes. Don't allow rava to turn brown.
• Add the mixture to the rava and mix well. Keep the mixer aside for half an hour.
• Grease a oven resistant container and pour the mixture in it. Keep it in oven for 30 minutes.OR
• Grease a container . Pour the mixture into the container and steam in a cooker for 10-12 minutes without the whistle.
• Insert a toothpick to check if the cake is cooked. 
• Once the cake is cool. Cut into pieces, and drizzle some ghee before serving.