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Coconut Halwa Coconut halwa is flavorful and yummy sweet. This halwa is made with coconut milk and grated coconut. The bakery near our home in Kerala sells this version of coconut halwa and it was my favorite.You can also lightly toast the coconut. It will improve flavor and give a slight crunch and texture to the halwa. Halwa is very popular in Kerala and you get the best banana halwa is Kozhikode, a city in North Kerala. Earlier I posted nenthra pazham or ripe plantains halwa. This coconut halwa is also tasty and definitely worth the effort.Try this halwa, you will surely love it. Ingredients Grated coconut- 3/4 cup Coconut milk thick-2 cup Coconut milk thin 3 cup Sugar- 2 cup Corn starch- 3/4 cup Cashew nuts- 1/2 cup Ghee-1/2 cup Cardamom powder- 1 tsp Toast grated coconut and cashew nuts till it turns slight golden. When it cools down make a it into a fine powder. You can add chopped nuts instead of grinding it. In a heavy bottom pan add the thin c...

Ari Unda/ Rice Ladoo Today's recipe is a humble sweet/ladoo made with rice. There is another version of ari unda/ avalose unda that,I posted earlier.Rice ladoos/ari unda  is a traditional sweet of Kerala with very little ingredients, rice, coconut,and jaggery. It has the beautiful aroma of roasted rice,  cardamon and cumin. This is my mother- in -laws recipe and it tastes yummy. Try this, you will surely love it. Ingredients Red rice/matta rice/parboiled rice- 2 cup Jaggery powdered- 1  1/2cup Coconut grated- 1 cup Ghee- 1 tsp Cardamon powder- 1/2 tsp Cumin powder- a pinch Wash rice and drain, spread on a cloth or towel to get dry.  Heat a pan and add the rice. Dry roast the rice in medium heat for 10-12 minutes. The rice will change color,and there will be popping sound. Switch off the flame and allow this to cool a bit. Add  the rice into the mixer and make it into a fine powder. Add grated coconut, powdered jaggery, cardamom powder,...