Name: RAGI HALWA recipe by Shubha Niranjana at BetterButter
Prep time: 540 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 570 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Ragi 1 1/2 cup; Jaggery 2 1/2 cup; Elaichi powder 1 tsp; Dry coconut grated for garnishing; Cashew nuts for garnishing; Ghee 3-4 tbsp and little for greasing the plate; Water 3 cups (1 cup for Jaggery and rest is for ragi), if required can use more.

ABOUT RAGI HALWA RECIPE

Ragi is a sweet dish from karnataka. It is prepared using Ragi and Jaggery. Ragi is one of the millet variety called as finger millet. This dish has natural coolant properties. Ragi Halwa is also called as Kilsa, Halbai.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Ragi 1 1/2 cup
Jaggery 2 1/2 cup
Elaichi powder 1 tsp
Dry coconut grated for garnishing
Cashew nuts for garnishing
Ghee 3-4 tbsp and little for greasing the plate
Water 3 cups (1 cup for Jaggery and rest is for ragi), if required can use more.

Instructions

Soak the Ragi overnight or 7-8 hrs.
Add 1 cup water to the Jaggery and bring to a boil and melt it. Syrup consistency not required. After Jaggery melts strain to remove impurities if any and keep aside.
Strain and remove water from soaked Ragi.
Add ragi into a blender with water and blend until smooth and fine to extract milk from ragi.
Add more water if required while grinding.
Extract ragi milk using a muslin cloth from the ground ragi mixture.
Repeat the process of extracting the milk another two times by adding water and grinding the sediment of Ragi.
Add the Jaggery water to the extracted ragi milk and also add Elaichi powder and mix.
Grease plates with ghee. Sprinkle coconut powder and keep it ready.
Transfer the Ragi milk mixture to a heavy bottom vessel and bring to a boil.
Keep stirring continuously on medium heat.
As the mixture begins to thicken add ghee little by little and keep stirring.
Touch the halwa and see if it does not stick to the hand then the halwa is ready.
Pour the cooked mixture onto the greased plate and spread evenly. Sprinkle coconut powder again on top.
After it cools down cut the halwa into desired shape.
Garnish with cashew nuts.

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