Haalu Bai ( Rice Coconut Halva)

Haalu bai is a sweet dish normally prepared during Nagara Panchami festival in Dakshina Kannada region. You can have them any time of the day.

Ingredients :
Raw Rice : 1 cup
Coconut: 3 to 4 Table spoons ( Fresh grated coconut )
Jagery : 1/2 cup
Salt: a pinch
Cardamom Seeds : 5 to 6
Ghee : 1/2 cup

Method:
Wash and soak rice in water for one hour. Grind rice and coconut together nicely adding little water. Remove the skin of cardamom and grind it along with rice mixture. Now remove the paste from the jar and pour it to a pan. Add jagery and mix well . Keep on the fire . Let the flame be medium. Stir this mixture till a thick paste. Add ghee and stir until the paste starts to leave the side. Stir for another 4 to 5 minutes and pour it to a ghee spread plate and spread the mixture and cut according to your wish. Serve Haalu bai( in kannada language ) pieces with little ghee on the top .

Note : Can add 1 cup of water and then start stirring so that it cooks easily . To know the Haalubai is done ...you can touch this paste with your hand . If its sticky its undone. So that you can continue stirring for another 5 minutes. ( or you can even put it into mouth to check . If its sticky its undone).
Serves : 3 to 4