Chibbud is konkani name for muskmelon, mashmellon, kharbooja, cantalope, or honeydew melon. Chibda Hershale or Haashale is a sweet dish made of kharbooja. You simply grate the fruit, add sugar, and elaichi.I remember having both the versions, with or without milk. You can obviously add milk too!
Today, I had my own version of Chibda Hershale for breakfast. I scooped the nice, juicy green flesh in spoonfulls (using a small, round cutter and scooping perfect balls would be even better and will look quite sophisticated). So from one thickish slice, I would have scooped some 10 spoon shaped pieces. Then I added milk to it. I added corn chivda/flakes (I could have used poha or beaten rice/rice flakes also.) to it. Of course, two spoonfulls of Lion Date Syrup. Dates have iron and I want to increase my haemoglobin and hence its usage. I then garnished it with pieces of almonds and with black raisins. Almonds are good to fight cholesterol, so I had about 8 of them. Raisins contain a lot of antioxidants!
It was early morning (as usual I had skipped the gym) and I was in a tearing hurry to get breakfast done with. So I simply used a microwave bowl. But the picture is quite good (even if I say so)! You can see the large green chunks of kharbooja, almonds, raisins, milk. Fortunately, I had not used too much date syrup -- so the milk is not brown.
One of my favourite sites is Aayi's Recipes as it gives a lot of Konkani Recipes. Here is a link to it, where a Muskmelon Milkshake recipe is provided.
Aayi's Recipes -- Muskmelon Milkshare
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