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

August 20, 2021 Pallavi Bhat Leave a Comment

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 Halbai

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.

Rice Halbai

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 

AKKI HALBAI | RICE HALBAI | AKKI MANNI RECIPE VIDEO :

SUGGESTED WATCH : Ragi Halbai | Finger Millet Halwa | Halbai Recipe 

RECIPE CARD FOR AKKI HALBAI | RICE HALBAI | AKKI MANNI RECIPE :

Rice Halbai

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. 

Video

Notes

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

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

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS :

1. What is Halbai ?

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.

2. Halbai can be prepared without coconut?

You can prepare without adding coconut, but adding the coconut only can enhance the taste of Halbai sweet. So I recommend to add fresh coconut to it.

3. What are the variations is Halbai?

Ragi Halbai, Akki/ rice Halbai, Rava Halbai, Wheat Halbai are some variations of Halbai sweet.

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