Indian Desserts : Cantaloupe sweetdish | Konkani Chibbada Hashale | Chibda Phovu

Chibbad is a kind of sweet melon. It is known as Karbooj in Hindi and Cantaloupe in English. This fruit is a seasonal fruit  and a good variety chibbad just dissolves in mouth and the flesh of it becomes like rava, This sweet dish is very famous in Konkani people.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 medium size Chibbad(Cantaloupe) cut into small cubes
• 1 ½ cup grated Coconut(preferably tender one)
• 1 cup Jaggery

• 4-5 Cardamom peeled and powdered
• ½ cup Phovu(Avalakki in Kannada, thin, optional)

 Method:

• Wash poha in water and soak it for some time.
• Grind grated coconut and jaggery to smooth paste.

• Now mix cubes of chibbad, the above prepared paste, cardmon and phovu.
• Serve chilled.

 PS:  The coconut to be used in this should be as tender as possible. The tender coconut makes this dish more tasty.