Kavuni Arisi Halwa Recipe (Black Rice Halwa)
Kavuni Arisi Halwa or Black Rice Halwa is a traditional halwa recipe prepared by constant stirring of black rice paste in coconut milk and made richer by adding ghee. This is also called as dhol dhol or dodol in Anglo Indian cuisine, which is prepared for Christmas.
Ingredients
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1 cup Black Rice
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2 cups Fresh coconut
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grated
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1 cup Jaggery
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powdered
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1/4 cup Ghee
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making Kavuni Arisi Halwa, wash and soak black rice overnight
Step 2
Add the soaked rice to mixer along with little water and grind into paste
Step 3
You can also use black rice flour, if its available
Step 4
In a separate mixer jar add grated coconut along with a little water and extract thick coconut milk from this pulp
Step 5
Add the coconut back to the mixer and add some more water
Step 6
Grind for a minute and now extract the thin coconut milk
Step 7
Keep aside
Step 8
Heat a heavy bottomed pan, add the powdered jaggery and thin coconut milk to it
Step 9
Mix until jaggery dissolves
Step 10
Once it starts boiling, reduce the flame and add black rice paste
Step 11
Keep stirring until it thickens like a porridge
Step 12
Once it thickens, add the thick coconut milk and cook on a medium flame stirring continuously until it starts coming together like halwa
Step 13
Add ghee little by little and keep cooking until the ghee incorporates into the halwa and comes out leaving sides of the pan
Step 14
The halwa becomes darker as it gets thicker
Step 15
Once the halwa comes together like a whole mass, remove the pan from the flame and pour into greased plate
Step 16
Allow it to cool and cut into squares
Step 17
Serve Kavuni Arisi Halwa as a dessert after a Kerala style meal of Kerala Style Kappa Ishtoo Recipe and Kerala Style Whole Wheat Parotta Recipe