Kakadiche Sandan – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take 2 medium size green cucumbers and peel them.
• Grate them and tale 1 cup grated cucumber into a bowl.
• Do not throw the water in cucumber.
• You can use cucumber without peeling too.
• Add gudh and mix well. Gudh should dissolve into cucumber.
• When gudh dissolves add shredded coconut. Mix well and keep the mixture aside.
• Heat up a pan on medium heat.
• Add ghee and idly rava.
• Roast the rava for about 2 minutes. You have to heat up the rava a little.
• Turn off the gas and let the rava cool down.
• Add idly rava into the cucumber mixture and mix well.
• Add dry fruits (Almonds and Cashew nuts) and mix well.
• Dry fruits are optional. You can skip dry fruits if you want.
• Add cardamom powder and mix well.
• Cover and rest the mixture for an hour.
• Take 6” cake tin. Put a butter paper at the bottom of it and grease the tin well with ghee.
• Mix the cucumber mixture and pour it into the tin and spread it evenly.
• Add few slices of almonds. Almonds are optional. You can skip adding almonds if you want.
• Preheat about 1” water in the bottom pot of the steamer.
• Put cake tin in the upper pot.
• Steam the sandan on medium heat for about 25-30 minutes.
• Turn off the gas and take the tin out.
• Let it cool down for about 10-15 minutes.
• Loosen the sides of the tin and flip it over in a dish.
• Remove the wax paper and slip the sandan over.
• Cut sandan into pieces and sandan is already.