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Kambu Halwa {Pearl Millet Soft Candy}



Hi viewers
I am very happy to post this blog after a very long time. I have chose my "ingredient" for this year's Diwali , to make sweet and snack. I am going to post atleast 2 sweet recipes made with
Kambu Maavu / Pearl Millet Flour / Bajra Aatta.

There are different types of millet such as Pearl Millet, Foxtail Millet, Finger Millet, Kodo Millet , Barnyard Millet and a few more... Pearl Millet is good source of fiber, calcium and protein.

Let us see what ingredients we need to make kambu alwa

Kambu maavu - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Water - 2 tbsp
Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp
Yellow food colour - 2 drops
Ghee {clarified butter}- 2 tbsp

Heat 1/4 tsp ghee in a pan and fry the millet flour for 2 minutes. Then transfer it to a bowl and keep aside.
Now in the same pan, put the sugar and add 2 tbsp of water and stir well and make a sugar syrup with 1 string consistency. Now, add the cardamom powder, food color and mix well.



Now mix the flour little by little and keep stirring. Add 1/2 tsp of warm ghee at a time in equal
intervals and keep stirring.

At one point, the mixture will start rotating with the laddle and off the pan.



Now pour the mixture in a pre - greased plate with 1/4 tsp of ghee and flatten the surface. Let it cool.



You can serve it in a bowl or cut into pieces (which is a bit hard), or make balls of halwa and serve.



Happy and Safe Diwali to everyone.............
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  1. துரை செல்வராஜூOctober 14, 2017 at 7:37 PM

    வெகுநாட்களுக்குப் பிறகு தங்களுடைய பதிவு..
    மகிழ்ச்சி..

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  2. Vidhya VijayakumarOctober 15, 2017 at 10:24 AM

    Thanks for being a continuous valued viewer..🙏🙏

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  3. RAJESWARI SRINIVASANMay 27, 2020 at 6:12 AM

    Very nice recipe

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  4. RAJESWARI SRINIVASANMay 27, 2020 at 6:16 AM

    Very nice recipe

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  5. Vidhya VijayakumarJune 10, 2020 at 4:31 AM

    I am very happy to announce that my Kambu Halwa recipe won the 4th place in a competition held by Chettinad Snacks Online.

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