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Koova Halwa

Jul-17-2016
Shiba Nair
5 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Koova Halwa RECIPE

Koova is nothing but arrow root powder. Koova is widely grown in the backyards of the homes in Kerala. The koova is harvested & then scraped & washed & finally rubbed to produce a pulp. This pulp is washed in cold water several times until the sediment settled is pure white. It is then sun-dried to make it into a hard ball & then the hard ball is ground to a powder which is preserved in an air-tight container for later use. Now-a-days arrow root powder is readily available in all the stores. It has a very good medicinal value. This powder can be mixed with water & cooked for a while till done & given to a person suffering from urinary infection or even small pox. Arrow-root porridge is given to infants above 6 months of age. This halwa is made on Thiruvathira(a special festival for women in Kerala)in all the homes in Kerala. This is a very authentic & easy recipe that we have been making in our home for more than 20 years. Do try it out & let me know how it turned out for you.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Easy
  • Kerala
  • Roasting

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. Koova/arrow-root powder 1 cup
  2. Water 1 cup
  3. Jaggery cubes 8
  4. Ghee 3 tsps

Instructions

  1. Add the arrow-root powder in a heavy bottomed pan.
  2. Add water to it. If there are any impurities, make sure to strain it.
  3. Make a syrup of jaggery by adding the jaggery cubes to 1/2 cup water & melt it by keeping the jaggery cubes & water on the gas stove.
  4. When the jaggery is melted, add it to the arrow root mixture & put it on the gas on a high flame until it starts to boil. Make sure you stir it continuously.
  5. Then lower the flame & keep stirring it till it starts to lump up.
  6. At this point add ghee. Mix the ghee with the mixture & keep stirring continuously till well cooked & the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan & firms into a thick lump.

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