Cucumber Dhondas

October 9, 2022
Posted by Oddy Uniwraps

About the Recipe

Traditionally, dhondas are steamed cucumber cakes prepared by the Konkani people. The ingredients for this Dhondas recipe include cucumber, jaggery coconut, and barnyard making it a super healthy dish. Whether for snacking or breakfast, this dish is a must-try.

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Ingredients

2 bowls of barnyard millet
3 cups of cucumber puree
Half a bowl of grated jaggery
Half a bowl of roasted peanuts
10-12 cashew nuts
1 cup grated coconut
1 tsp cumin seeds
4 cardamoms

Directions

Wash barnyard millet and keep in sieve an hour before using for cooking. In a cooking pan roast the barnyard millet for some time in low flame. Let it cool down. And grind into a coarse powder.
Remove the seeds from cucumber and grate it. To make the dhondas mixture, in a kadai add grated cucumber and grated jaggery in it.
In a mixer add roasted peanuts and cashew nuts. Blend it to form a coarse powder. Add it to our dhondas mixture. In a mixer add coconut, cumin and cardamoms and blend. Add a little water and blend again. Add it to our dhondas mixture and cook for 5 mins
Sieve the barnyard mixture. Keep the fine coarse barnyard aside and add the fine barnyard first, close the lid and cook on slow flame.
Cook for 5-7 mins and add a little hot water, mix and again cook for some time. Now add the bigger barnyard, 1 tbsp of ghee and mix well. Let it cook for 5-6 mins.
In a deep vessel add oddy ecobake and place our Dhondas mixture and spread evenly. Oddy ecobake is non-sticky and eco-friendly. Press the mixture to make it firm. Place turmeric leaves on top of it.
Place a tava on gas and keep our vessel on top of it. Close the lid and keep a weight so that the steam does not escape. After 10 mins our dhondas will be ready. Remove it in a plate and cut it in square shapes and serve.