Kerala Style Rice Halwa Recipe
Kerala Style Rice Halwa is a special halwa made with raw rice. This rice halwa is my grandmother's special recipe. She used to prepare it very often. This black halwa is very famous and made on all special occasions. It can be made at home with very few ingredients: raw rice, jaggery, coconut milk, and ghee. The colour of the halwa depends on the type of jaggery used.
Ingredients
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1 cup Rice flour
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2 cups Jaggery
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grated
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1 cup Coconut milk
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thick
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3 cups Coconut milk
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thin
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1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
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2 tablespoons Ghee
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Cashew nuts
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few
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Kerala Style Rice Halwa recipe, heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a pan
Step 2
Add broken cashew nuts and fry till they start changing colour
Step 3
Transfer them to a plate and keep aside
Step 4
Extract thick and thin coconut milk and keep them in different bowls
Step 5
Add grated jaggery, coconut milk, to a thick bottomed pan or uruli
Step 6
Heat this mixture until the jaggery melts completely
Step 7
Strain it to remove impurities
Step 8
Clean the pan and add the mixture back to the pan
Step 9
To this add rice flour, little at a time and mix well without lumps
Step 10
Cook this mixture on a medium flame, until it starts thickening
Step 11
Keep stirring in order to avoid sticking to the bottom of the pan
Step 12
Once you find that the mixture starts thickening, reduce the flame to low, and add the thick coconut milk
Step 13
Mix well
Step 14
Keep stirring continuously
Step 15
When it starts thickening, add 1 tablespoon of ghee
Step 16
Keep stirring and cook for another 30 - 35 minutes
Step 17
Whenever you find the halwa sticking to the sides of the pan, add 1 tablespoon of ghee to the sides of the pan
Step 18
Cook until the mixture gets a halwa consistency and starts leaving the sides of the pan
Step 19
Add roasted cashew nuts at this stage and mix well
Step 20
Spread the halwa onto a greased plate and allow it to cool
Step 21
Once cool, cut it into desired shapes and serve
Step 22