Jackfruit Halwa. The halwa is made with ripe jackfruit segments with jaggery and ghee and is made in a vessel called 'Uruli', which is a traditional cooking vessel of Kerala made of bell metal. My grandma used to make sure that we receive our share of jackfruit halwa in Chennai, every year. The only time consuming task is separating the pods from fruit.

It is a halwa made with ripe jackfruit, jaggery, ghee, and cardamom powder. The recipe uses minimal ingredients and can be prepared in a jiffy. It is a great recipe to cook during the festive season when you have guests coming over. You can cook Jackfruit Halwa using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Jackfruit Halwa

It's 4 cups of Jack fruit-cleaned and cut to pieces.
Prepare 2 cups of Molasses (sarkara).
It's 1 cup of wheat powder(Maida powder).
You need 1 cup of coconut milk.
You need 1 cup of Ghee (refined Oil).
Prepare 1 tbsp of ginger cardamom Dried powder, powder (each).
It's 1 tbsp of cashew nuts ghee and kismiss fried in - (each).
Prepare 1 tsp of Vanilla essence.

Did you know: Jackfruit is a rich source of dietary fiber that. Chop the jackfruit segments into small pieces after deseeding them. Jack Fruit Halwa - Jack Fruit is naturally sweet and it was used to make a variety of dishes, including cake, smooth and halwa, etc. It is mixed with gee, cashew nuts, dry raisins, and milk that.

Jackfruit Halwa step by step

The jackfruit cut to pieces is cooked in steam for a few minutes till it is soft.Cool and blend it in a mixie adding minimum water. Dissolve 2 cups of molasses(2 big unda sarkara) in one cup of boiling water. Continue boiling till it is fully dissolved.Filter it and keep it aside. Dissolve the wheat powder in a cup of coconut milk and keep aside.
In a large thick bottomed pan or non-stick pan Mix together the pulp of the jack fruit,molasses or sarkara and the flour dissolved in milk. Bring to boil stirring..
Continue stirring and when the water contents get dried up add ghee little by little in to the pan till the puree becomes a thick mass. Add powdered spices shown above,along with the cashew nut and kismis. When the puree becomes a thick mass and it no longer sticks to the sides of the pan, or it does not stick to the hands when tried with two fingers,add vanilla essence and take out from fire. Fill the halwa in greased dishes. Allow it to cool. The delicious jackfruit halwa is ready..

This halwa is one of my all time favourite. But we dont make this often, because we dont have jackfruit tree in our home. But my aunt has that in her house, so whenever there is a ripe fruit in that tree, she sents half of that large fruit to our home. Jackfruits are very delcious fruits ,with a very high content of fibre and antioxidants. It is available in plenty during the summer season.