is grown in plenty in the hilly areas and is sold not only on the roads but
also in the markets. Its common sight for the farmers themselves selling the
freshly plucked cucumbers. Also one more ingredient the turmeric leaf that is
used to give a delicious aroma to the Tousule.
is made out of rice suji or rava or wheat rava fine or thick kind, cashew nuts,
coconut and jaggary are used to create this beautiful steamed delicacy called Tousule.
announced the Magic Mingle of cucumber and walnuts I was sure I will never make
it. Then I saw Gayatri post of zucchini bread and something went click in my
head and I thought Tousule.
happens to be one of them. I made minimum quantity of 1 katori. But please let
me not put you guys off the Tousule it is amazing. Do try it
out.
Ingredients:
1 measure
of grated cucumber, peeled and seeds removed
½
measure of dalia
1 measure of rava
I tbspn ghee+ some more to
grease
1 measure of coconut
150 grms of jaggary
Cardamom powder
Cashew nuts and walnuts
A pinch of salt
Fresh turmeric leaf( I did not
have so did not use)
Additional Equipment:
Kadhai/wok
Pressure cooker vent removed
A big bowl for steaming
Banana leaf (optional)
Method:
Squeeze the grated cucumber and
collect the juice in a container.
In the cucumber juice, add the
jaggery and let it soak.
Heat the wok and on low flame
add the a little ghee. Fry the walnut pieces, slightly remove add the cashew
nuts and fry till golden. Set aside.
Add the dalia and stir fry on
low flame till the dalia browns slightly. Now add the rava and continue frying
till you get a lovely aroma of fried suji/rava. Remove from the flame and let
it cool.
Now check the jaggary, has it
become a mushy paste? If not crush the the jaggery with your fingers. It will
be easier now.
Add the coconut, cardamom
powder, salt the cashew nuts and walnuts ( reserve a few to garnish)to the
jaggary and set aside.
Once the rava has cooled add
the rava to the jaggary mixture and let
it sit for at least ½ an hour.
After the end of the ½ hour mix
the cucumber in the mixture.
Wipe and grease a banana leaf.
Line a bowl with it.
Put enough water in the
pressure cooker place the grid in it and set to boil.
If you are using turmeric
leaves make small knotted balls out of them.
Now in the greased and lined
bowl add the prepared mixture. Insert the turmeric balls at intervals.
Place in the bowl in the
boiling water cover with another piece of the banana leaf. Cover the pressure
cooker, steam for 12 minutes.
After the 12 minutes; let the
bowl cool. And the gently remove the tousale.
Let it cool before you cut and
serve it.
Notes:
and rava as I had run out of dalia.
gives a lovely aroma in case you cannit lay you hands on it try the basmati
rice leaf. I am told its awesome.
the Tousule
cools completely before you cut it else the end result is what I have here a
messy mass in which you have to hunt for lovely cubes. I was in a hurry as the light was fading.
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Sravs says
Nice tempting one !!
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
That is a very new and delicious dish!!! looks very tempting!!!
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Lovely Post. Thanks for sharing.
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divya says
Wow.. It's so delectable..
Divya Pramil says
Wow sounds and looks so delicious 🙂
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New & interesting snack to me,delicious!!
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Suja Manoj says
Ne to me,looks so yummy,thanks for sharing.
Latha Madhusudhan says
very new to me this. Looks so yummy.
Shama Nagarajan says
yummy... .
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Gayathri Kumar says
Interesting recipe. Never heard of this sweet before. It looks nice...
Chef Mireille says
that's so interesting - would definitely like to try it
Swathi Iyer says
Delicious dish, I love to try it. You introduce me to a new dish.
Maha Gadde says
Tempting n inviting.
Vardhini says
New and yummy dish. Thx for linking.
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Priya says
Omg, just speechless..Want a fabulous dessert.
cookingvarieties says
hi archana, how is 2013 so far? this sure is one desert which i have never seen before- very innovative and i heard it is cooling for the body, great,especially us here, it is forever summer and hot.
have a great week
Lubna Karim says
Very new to me....looks so yum....
Amy says
looks so delicious!!
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Kitchen Boffin says
was thinking about some sweet munchable things, and your dessert bowled me over..
am seriously craving for a plate of it.. slurp!
Kalyani says
Lovely one, Archana....
The cucumber combo is surely going places this month...
Gauri says
I have never had this before and such a unique recipe!
have bookmarked it!
Prathima Rao says
Very new to me..interesting & inviting dish Archana..
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The Pumpkin Farm says
good one Archana, always like traditional recipes, u've incorporated the ingredients really well
Suma Gandlur says
A good one.
This has been on my list eversince I saw it on a blog years ago. Always held back because had no idea how the flavor of cucumber would work in this dish. Sice I made cucumber cupcakes recently I am confident now to try it.
Jayasri Ravi says
A very new and an interesting dish, I love traditional recipes, now this is going to be on my to do list, thanks for sharing this.., will definitely try out and tell you..
sangeeta says
I just returned from Goa and I think I tasted something like this there. The ladies at the Kala Academy exhibition going on were selling a few Goa delicacies and we loved every single thing. There was dessert that felt like this but it had no cucumber. I forgot the name but will post pictures soon.