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halbai recipe

HALUBAI / HALBAI

Smitha Kalluraya
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Course Dessert
Cuisine karnataka

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup Rice, ( normal rice )
  • 3/4 cup coconut, Grated
  • 3/4 - 1 cup Jaggery, (can add more if you have a sweet tooth )
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 2 tbsp Ghee
  • 3 - 4 nos Cardamom
  • 3 cup Water, including the amount used for grinding

Instructions
 

  • Soak rice for about 2-4 hours.
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  • Grind rice,coconut ,jaggery , salt and cardamom to a very fine paste by adding little water.
  • Transfer the batter to a nonstick kadai / heavy bottom kadai. Add remaining quantity of water. Total for 1 cup of water we need 3 cup of water .. ie 1: 3 proportion . The batter should be like thin like neer dosa batter consistency .
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  • Keep on low-medium flame and stir the mixture continuously ensuring that no lumps are formed.
  • Add ghee in steps and continue stirring the mixture till it forms a mass of ball and starts leaving the sides of kadai. This will take about 15-20 mins.
  • Grease a plate with ghee and transfer the mass to the plate .Spread the mixture evenly using a spatula and smoothen the surface.
  • Once warm,cut halbai into desired shape and serve warm /cold.Can be stored for 4 days if refrigerated. ..

Notes

  1. You can replace rice with wheat /ragi /poha/rava.
  2. Before taking it off the pan, do a test.Take a tsp of mix and spread it on a greased plate. It should be able to come off without sticking .Then its done. or You can also test it this way: if you touch a tsp of mix with wet hands, it should not stick. Then its done.