Fragrant, comforting, and easy to serve as a complete meal, halbai recipe | halbai sweet recipe | how to make rice halbai is a vegetarian karnataka sweet made with rice, coconut, and water in about 40 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 21 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: karnataka
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice
- 1 cup coconut
- 3 cup water
- 1 cup jaggery
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl soak 1 cup rice for 2 hours.
- drain off the water and transfer to the blender.
- add 1 cup coconut and ¼ cup water.
- blend to smooth paste, keep aside.
- in a large kadai take 1 cup jaggery and add 2¾ cup water.
- stir well until the jaggery dissolves completely.
- add in prepared rice coconut paste, ¼ tsp salt and stir well.
- stir until the mixture is well combined without forming lumps.
- further, add 2 tbsp ghee and mix well.
- the mixture will start to turn glossy and separates the pan after 15 minutes.
- level up spreading uniformly. rest for 30 minutes or until it sets completely.
- after 30 minutes, slowly unmould the halbai.
- finally, garnish with cashew and enjoy halbai or rice halwa with ghee during nagarpanchami festival.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
