Akki Halbai | Rice Halbai | Akki Manni Recipe | Karnataka Special Sweet

Akki Halbai | Rice Halbai | Akki Manni Recipe | Karnataka Special Sweet – with step by step photos, description and video of the recipe is here. Halbai is a traditional sweet recipe from Karnataka cuisine. This healthy sweet is made using soaked rice, coconut and jaggery. Popularly prepared during Nagarpanchami. Especially jaggery based sweets are very common in Malnad and coastal regions of Karnataka.

Rice is soaked for 3-4 hours. Then it is ground along with grated coconut and cardamom for nice flavour. After that it is mixed with jaggery, and continuously stirred on low flame, until it gets thick. Then it is evenly spread on a greased plate. Cut it after it is set for sometime. Although the recipe looks simple but while preparing you need to continuously stir the rice batter on low flame for quite some time. You may find it tiring, my mom helped me doing that. Also you should make sure there are no lumps at the end.

Tip: If there are any lumps in the end then add little water and stir it again.

Akki Halbai | Rice Halbai | Akki Manni Recipe – I remember how grandma used to prepare the traditional sweets like Halbai, Karanji/Karigadubu, Banana fritters, Ragi Halbai/Finger Millet Halwa etc. And these traditional sweets must be served along with ghee. You can check out how to prepare ghee at home.

Halbai or halubai means the extract of milk from the grain/millet. Halbai sweet is a very famous dish from the south canara region of Karnataka. Also rice dishes are common in South India such as variety rices, dosa, idli, or sweets made from rice like rice payasam, rice kesari bath etc., 

Furthermore, you can use Sona masoori rice or dosa rice for preparing the rice batter. Jaggery is used in most of the traditional sweets, if you don’t have it, you can use brown sugar as an alternative.

Before going to the recipe I would like to highlight some of the other recipes here.

Finger Millet Halwa | Ragi Halbai | Ragi Manni,

Moong Dal Payasam | Hesaru Bele Payasa,

Poha Sweet Pongal | Aval Pongal | Avalakki Sihi Pongal,

Lauki Kheer | Sorekayi Payasa,  

Fried Modak Recipe | Wheat Flour Modak | Ganesh Chaturthi Special,

Karanji | Karjikai | Karigadabu 

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Akki Halbai | Rice Halbai | Akki Manni

Halbai is a traditional sweet recipe from Karnataka cuisine. This healthy sweet is made using soaked rice, coconut and jaggery.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Soaking Time 3 hours hrs

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Sweets

Cuisine Karnataka

Servings 20 pieces

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup Rice
• 2 Cardamom
• 1 cup Grated Coconut
• 1 cup Jaggery
• 1-3 cup Water (as required)
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp Ghee (for greasing the plate)

Instructions

 

• Take 1 cup rice in a vessel. 
• Wash it well until the water gets clear. 
• Soak it for 3-4 hours. 
• After 3-4 hours drain the water, and add the soaked rice in mixi jar. 
• Add 2 cardamom, remove the peels. 
• Add 1 cup of freshly grated coconut. 
• Next add 1/2 cup of water. (or as much required to grind it into a smooth batter)
• Grind into a smooth batter. 
• In a non stick pan, take one cup jaggery. 
• Also add salt to taste. 
• Dissolve the jaggery.
• After that add the rice batter. Also add 1-2 cup of water. 
• Stir continuously on low flame until it gets thicken. 
• Starts to thicken, make sure there are no lumps. 
• Check with wet hands, If it is not sticking. Then switch off the flame. 
• Grease the plate with little ghee. 
• Immediately transfer to the plate. 
• Spread it evenly. 
• Allow it to settle for 10 minutes.
• After that cut into desired shapes. 
• Soft Akki Halbai/Akki Manni is ready to serve along with Ghee. 

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Notes

HOW TO MAKE AKKI HALBAI | RICE HALBAI WITH STEP BY STEP PHOTOS: 

1. Take 1 cup rice in a vessel.
2. Wash it well until the water gets clear.
3. Soak it for 3-4 hours.
4. After 3-4 hours drain the water, and add the soaked rice in mixi jar.
5. Add 2 cardamom, remove the peels.
6. Add 1 cup of freshly grated coconut.
7. Next add 1/2 cup of water. (or as much required to grind it into a smooth batter)
8. Grind into a smooth batter.
9. In a non stick pan, take one cup jaggery.
10. Also add salt to taste.
11. Dissolve the jaggery.
12. After that add the rice batter. Also add 1 to 2 cups of water.
13. Stir continuously on low flame until it gets thicken.
14. Starts to thicken, make sure there are no lumps.
15. Check with wet hands, If it is not sticking. Then switch off the flame.
16. Grease the plate with little ghee.
17. Immediately transfer to the plate.
18. Spread it evenly.
19. Allow it to settle for 10 minutes.
20. After that cut into desired shapes.
21. Soft Akki Halbai/Akki Manni is ready to serve along with Ghee.

Keyword Akki Halbai, Akki Manni, Rice Halbai

TIPS & VARIATIONS :

1. Firstly, Adding the salt to this dish is optional. You can skip it or add a pinch of salt.
2. You can adjust the amount of sweet based on your taste.
3. Amount of water required may vary. around 1 cup rice requires 2 to 3 cups of water.
4. Halbai stays good for two days in refrigerator.

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