Halbai Recipe
Halbai - Halbai is one of the wonderful sweets prepared in Udupi during Nagarpanchami festival. It tastes very good when consumed with ghee. Though the Halbai recipe seems easy, unless the ingredients are taken as per proportion it turns to be very sticky. My grandmother used to prepare this rice halbai with all her enthusiasm whenever we grand children used to visit her place.
How to make Akki Halbai
Preparation time : 3 to 3.5 hrs (Including Soaking time)
Cooking time:1 hr
No. of Pieces: 15 to 20 depending on size
Ingredients required
Grated coconut - 1/2 Cup
Jaggery- 1/2 Cup
Ghee - 6 tbsp
Cardamom-3
Cashew nuts-7 to 8 (optional)
Preparation
Soak rice for 3 hrs. Dosa rice or normal rice can be used.( I had taken dosa rice.)
Method
- Grind the soaked rice along with coconut and cardamom to a fine paste adding 1/4 cup of water.
- Heat a thick bottom kadai, add 1.5 cup of water, 2 tbsp of ghee and jaggery to it.Once the jaggery gets completely dissolved in water lower the flame.
- Now add the rice-coconut paste from step 1 above to the boiling jaggery water. Keep on stirring the mixture ensuring no lumps are formed.
- Add another 3 tbsp of ghee while stirring the content. Once the mixture caves together and leaves the sides of kadai, Halbai is done. This step may take around 45 mins.
- Take a plate, grease ghee over it and spread cashews on it. now pour the halbai paste to this plate and spread evenly.
- Let it cool and then cut the halbai to your favorite shape.
Note: Halbai can be refrigerated and stored for 3 days.
Meet you all again with one more interesting Udupi recipe, till then bye.
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