# Manjol Ire Da Tekkare

Steamed cucumber cakes — but crisped, stacked, and spiced like a bar snack. With the undeniable fragrance of turmeric leaves.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Snack
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Turmeric leaves
- Cucumber
- Jaggery
- Coconut
- Rava
- Salt
- Rice flour
- Sesame seeds
- Garlic
- Green chilies
- Pepper

## Instructions

1. Grate the cucumber.
2. Squeeze excess water from the grated cucumber.
3. Add jaggery to the grated cucumber.
4. Add coconut to the mixture.
5. Mix the cucumber, jaggery, and coconut in a bowl.
6. Add soaked rava and salt to the mixture and allow it to rest for about 20 minutes.
7. Fold in some rice flour.
8. Line the steamer basket with turmeric leaves.
9. Put the mixture into the lined steamer basket.
10. Steam the cucumber cake until it's ready, indicated by a beautiful fragrance filling the house.
11. Slice the steamed cake into pieces.
12. Dip the pieces in rice flour and sesame seeds.
13. Fry the pieces until the edges are golden and crisp, while the insides stay soft and chewy.
14. Stack the fried pieces like turnip cakes.
15. Prepare the garnish by frying garlic.
16. Add green chilies to the fried garlic.
17. Chop jaggery for the garnish.
18. Top the stacked cakes with fried garlic, green chilies, a sprinkle of jaggery, and pepper.

## Equipment

- Grater
- Knife
- Bowls
- Steamer basket
- Frying pan
- Spatula

## Tips

- The turmeric leaves don't go into your food; they wrap around it, leaving behind a fragrance. You know it's ready when your house fills up with a beautiful fragrance. The balance of texture and flavor are everything.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMuDCwjyAVn/?igsh=YW1ndDFmaXNlZXZh
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1d5b1b5a-1637-4da2-995f-b1f54a0e1b11
- Extracted: 2025-08-25

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