Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake
Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, tavsali - goan cucumber cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Goan cucumber cake or Tavasali is a healthy and nutritious snack. Related posts: Rava banana cake, Jackfruit cake / Pansache dhonas, watermelon rind cake. You can bake this eggless cucumber cake in oven or steam it using double boiler method. My mom steams this tavasali using double boiler method.

Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tavsali - goan cucumber cake using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake:
  1. Prepare 1 cup grated Cucumber
  2. Prepare 1/2 cup roast semolina or rava
  3. Take 1/2 Cup grated fresh coconut
  4. Make ready 1/2 Cup jaggery or as per your preferred sweetness
  5. Get as required Mixed dry fruits like cashews, raisins and almonds
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
  7. Make ready 1/2 tsp butter
  8. Take Pinch salt

Tavsali is an eggless, healthy Goan cucumber cake usually prepared in the steamed style. It is a traditional Goan recipe and is quite easy to prepare. It gets its name from the konkani word Tavshe which means cucumber. Cucumber cake recipe - this eggless cucumber cake is a traditional recipe from the Goan belt and is called as Tavsali. in this recipe the cake is steamed instead of baking it.

Steps to make Tavsali - Goan Cucumber cake:
  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.
  8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

It gets its name from the konkani word Tavshe which means cucumber. Cucumber cake recipe - this eggless cucumber cake is a traditional recipe from the Goan belt and is called as Tavsali. in this recipe the cake is steamed instead of baking it. Generally we use yellow cucumber, but the recipe can be even Made with regular cucumber or the long dark green cucumbers. apart from cucumber, sooji/rava (semolina . Learn more about Tavsali (Cucumber Cake) ,by vahchef sanjay thumma This is a special goan desert very healthy and a quick fix !! This is a special goan desert very healthy and a quick fix !!

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