Black Halwa

 Ingredients

1. Rice flour– 1cup
2. Coconut milk– 1tin (2 cups)
3. Jaggery(Sharkkara) – 2cup
4. Ghee – 1cup
5. Cardamom powder – 1tsp
6. Cashew nuts – 15-20num

Method

• Place jaggery in a vessel kept on flame and dissolve it in very little water and strain it to get rid of the sediments.(it must be almost 2cup)
• Switch on the gas and place a heavy bottom pan
• Add 2 cups of   coconut milk, clear jaggery solution and the rice powder.
• Mix well and see to it that no lumps are formed.
• Stir continuously.
• When it starts to thicken, pour ghee and stir  continuously.
• When it really thickens, which you can test by taking a little of it in your hands and if it doesn’t get sticky, then, add cashews, powdered cardamoms Mix well.
• Grease a flat plate with ghee.)Pour the above hot mixture into the greased plate.
• Using a spoon coated with sufficient ghee (in order to give a glazy look to the halwa), spread the mixture well in the plate.
• Allow it to cool, Cut it into desired shapes.

                      Different jaggery have different sweetness so taste after mixing with flour if you need more sugar you can add dark brown sugar ,i used the dark color gaggery.