PAR BOILED RICE HALWA

PAR BOILED RICE HALWA

Ingredients:

3 cups of par boiled rice soaked for 5 hours
4 cups of coconut milk
1 ½ cups of sugar
2 tbs of boiled channa dal (killu patham)
1 tbs raisins roasted in ghee
½ tbs broken cashew nuts roasted in ghee (optional)
A pinch of cardamom powder
Little salt
1 tbs ghee.

Method:
Grind the soaked rice very fine to a idli batter consistency.
Add the milk, sugar, salt and cardamom powder. Mix well.

Pour this mixture in a wok, on very low fire, keep stirring.
As the mixture thickens, add in the raisins, cashew nuts,
channa dal and the cardamom powder.
Keep stirring till the mixture is very thick.
Add in the ghee, and pour it in a greased tray.
Cut into slices after it cools.

if you add all the ingredients and cook on a slow fire.
The mixture will slowly thicken.
We cook on slow fire to allow the flour to be cooked.
When you dip your fingers in water and touch the cooking flour,
it should not stick to your fingers. That means the flour is cooked.
You keep on stirring till it becomes quite thick.
It will be like a thick pouring consistency. Pour it in a greases tray.
You can cut it into neat slices after it is cooled.

I add 2 tbs of ghee, as the coconut milk too will have its oil.
Not necessary for too much of ghee.