Halbai is the traditional Karnataka sweet prepared during festival days. This is GLuten free, vegan sweet recipe.

Ragi Halbai | Finger Millet halbai

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By Archana P S

Apr, 15th

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Servings

8 persons

Cook Time

35 minutes

Ingredients

4 - 6

Ingredients

1/2 cup raagi / finger millet
½ cup fresh coconut
3 to 4 cardamoms
2 to 2¼ cups of water
¾ cup jaggery
1 to 1.5 tbsp coconut oil or ghee

Instructions

Soak Ragi overnight and drain the water in the morning.
grind soaked ragi, coconut and cardamom with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water
extract the milk (strain the milk) to the thick bottom pan. Repeat the same procedure 2 to 3 times- add water grind and extract the milk
Grease the plate with oil / ghee keep it ready
Strain the melted jaggery to the ragi milk, mix it and keep this on medium low flame, keep stirring the mix.
after 2 minutes- as the mixture thickens add a tsp of coconut oil or ghee, mix it and keep stirring until the water evaporates
After 5 to 6 minutes on medium flame – add another 2 tsp oil or ghee mix it, and stir .
after 25 to 28 minutes- water is evaporated and the halbai is done.
Turn off the heat and transfer the halbai to the greased plate and spread it using a spoon. Allow it to cool completely .
Grease the knife and cut the halbai into desired shape and serve

Notes/Tips

Grease the knife before cutting the halbai

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