Spicy Squash Cakes

By: Manjula Jain

December 4, 2012

Serving : 3 people
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Spicy Squash Cakes

Spicy Squash Cakes are the perfect appetizers for the holiday season. These are easy to make and taste great!

Spicy Squash Cakes

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups  Grated squash
  • 2 cups  Gram flour (Besan)
  • 1 tbsp  Rice flour
  • 1/4th tsp  Baking powder
  • 1-2 inch Ginger
  • 4-5 Green chillies (medium sized)
  • 1 tsp  Yogurt (if yogurt is not available, use lemon juice)
  • 1 tsp Dhania powder (coriander powder)
  • 1 tsp Jeera powder
  • 2 tbsp Corrainder leaves (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbsp  Roasted sesame seeds
  • 1 tbsp  Fresh grated coconut
  • 2 tbsp  Vegetable oil
  • Salt

Instructions

Method

  • Grate the squash (kaddoo) .
  • Mix 2 cups of the grated squash, gram flour and rice flour in a bowl.
  • Grind the ginger and green chillis to a fine paste and add it to the above mixture.
  • Add jeera powder, dhania powder, yogurt, baking powder, salt and mix well without adding water. Set it aside for 10 minutes.
  • Take a bowl, smear the insides with oil and pour the above mixture into it.
  • Steam the above mixture in the above bowl in a pressure cooker for 10-15minutes. (Without the weight like in making idlis)
  • Once it is steamed, as it cools down, observe that the mixture now seems like a cake.
  • With a sharp knife, cut it into desired shape and size.
  • Now heat oil in a pan.
  • Place the cut pieces of the cake in the pan and shallow fry them till golden brown and crusty.
  • Garnish the fried pieces with roasted sesame seeds, coconut and coriander leaves.
  • Spicy Squash Cakes are ready to eat.
  • Serve hot with mint chutney or tomato ketchup.

Notes

Variation:
  • Can add coarsely ground roasted peanuts for garnishing.

Recipe submitted by Geeta Rao

Spicy Squash Cakes

Spicy Squash Cakes

Spicy Squash Cakes are the perfect appetizers for the holiday season. These are easy to make and taste great!
5 from 1 vote
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Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 3 people

Ingredients
  

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups  Grated squash
  • 2 cups  Gram flour (Besan)
  • 1 tbsp  Rice flour
  • 1/4th tsp  Baking powder
  • 1-2 inch Ginger
  • 4-5 Green chillies (medium sized)
  • 1 tsp  Yogurt (if yogurt is not available, use lemon juice)
  • 1 tsp Dhania powder (coriander powder)
  • 1 tsp Jeera powder
  • 2 tbsp Corrainder leaves (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbsp  Roasted sesame seeds
  • 1 tbsp  Fresh grated coconut
  • 2 tbsp  Vegetable oil
  • Salt

Instructions
 

Method

  • Grate the squash (kaddoo) .
  • Mix 2 cups of the grated squash, gram flour and rice flour in a bowl.
  • Grind the ginger and green chillis to a fine paste and add it to the above mixture.
  • Add jeera powder, dhania powder, yogurt, baking powder, salt and mix well without adding water. Set it aside for 10 minutes.
  • Take a bowl, smear the insides with oil and pour the above mixture into it.
  • Steam the above mixture in the above bowl in a pressure cooker for 10-15minutes. (Without the weight like in making idlis)
  • Once it is steamed, as it cools down, observe that the mixture now seems like a cake.
  • With a sharp knife, cut it into desired shape and size.
  • Now heat oil in a pan.
  • Place the cut pieces of the cake in the pan and shallow fry them till golden brown and crusty.
  • Garnish the fried pieces with roasted sesame seeds, coconut and coriander leaves.
  • Spicy Squash Cakes are ready to eat.
  • Serve hot with mint chutney or tomato ketchup.

Notes

Variation:
  • Can add coarsely ground roasted peanuts for garnishing.
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    monica jain
    December 6, 2012 at 12:18 pm

    thanks for the recipe. by squash ,do you mean pumpkin? as the one we make with a loo puri or gheeaa?

    samjeeta mukerjee
    December 6, 2012 at 7:45 am

    loved ur reciepe but want to know what is this squash? can u suggest any local hindi name for this!

    Cristina
    December 5, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    I am making these tonight!!! Thanks Geeta!

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