Today's recipe is quick simple and unusual dessert recipe.Cucumber is low calorie food and notable in Vitamin K and supplies low content of essential nutrients. Usually Cucumber is used in dips/raita's , Beverages(lassi, chanch) and curries but today its time for dessert.This recipe just came together in my mind when MFBC has decided for cucumber as ingredient for this month challenge.
Check out ingredients n steps below
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Level: Easy
Total Time:25mins
Serves: 2
1 cup: 250ml
1 tablespoon: 15ml
1 teaspoon: 5 ml
Ingredients1 tablespoon: 15ml
1 teaspoon: 5 ml
Cucumber/Kheer:1 large/ 1 cup (squeezed)
Ghee: 1 tablespoon
Milk Powder: 1/2 cup
Sugar: 2 tablespoons(to taste)
Semolina/Rava : 2 tablespoon (roasted)
Cardamom Powder: 1/2 teaspoon
Cashews: 7-8 (fried)
Directions
Peel the skin of cucumber and grate it. Squeeze the water out of it and measure it to 1 cup.
In a pan add 1 tablespoon of butter and then add squeezed cucumber.
Saute until all water is evaporated, then add sugar.
Once sugar melts add milk powder, Roasted Semolina and cook until desired consistency and then add fried cashews and cardamom powder and mix well and serve hot or cold.
#CucumberHalwa is going to be part of #MFBC20
Of course, a very innovative and interesting recipe... my house has stock of cucumbers all the time, wondering why I shouldn't try this... looks so good!
ReplyDeletethank you rafeeda...
DeleteWow!What an innovative recipe...Never thought of making a kheer with Cucumbers :) Looks so yummy!
ReplyDeleteYummyyyy :)
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