Name: Koova Halwa recipe by Shiba Nair at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Koova/arrow-root powder 1 cup; Water 1 cup; Jaggery cubes 8; Ghee 3 tsps

ABOUT Koova Halwa RECIPE

Koova is nothing but arrow root powder. Koova is widely grown in the backyards of the homes in Kerala. The koova is harvested & then scraped & washed & finally rubbed to produce a pulp. This pulp is washed in cold water several times until the sediment settled is pure white. It is then sun-dried to make it into a hard ball & then the hard ball is ground to a powder which is preserved in an air-tight container for later use. Now-a-days arrow root powder is readily available in all the stores. It has a very good medicinal value. This powder can be mixed with water & cooked for a while till done & given to a person suffering from urinary infection or even small pox. Arrow-root porridge is given to infants above 6 months of age. This halwa is made on Thiruvathira(a special festival for women in Kerala)in all the homes in Kerala. This is a very authentic & easy recipe that we have been making in our home for more than 20 years. Do try it out & let me know how it turned out for you.

Instructions

Add the arrow-root powder in a heavy bottomed pan.
Add water to it. If there are any impurities, make sure to strain it.
Make a syrup of jaggery by adding the jaggery cubes to 1/2 cup water & melt it by keeping the jaggery cubes & water on the gas stove.
When the jaggery is melted, add it to the arrow root mixture & put it on the gas on a high flame until it starts to boil. Make sure you stir it continuously.
Then lower the flame & keep stirring it till it starts to lump up.
At this point add ghee. Mix the ghee with the mixture & keep stirring continuously till well cooked & the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan & firms into a thick lump.

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