Karnataka Style Haalbai Recipe

Step 1: To prepare Karnataka Style Haalbai Recipe, get pep with all the ingredients first

Step 2: Keep a plate or moulds well greased to pour the haalbai mixture when done

Step 3: Mix all the ingredients (except pounded cardamom and ghee) together such that the rice flour is well dissolved in coconut milk

Step 4: In a saucepan or a heavy bottomed kadai, bring the mixture to boil, on a medium low flame and add cardamom powder and ghee

Step 5: Keep stirring continually since the rice flour might tend to stick to the bottom

Step 6: Keep stirring till the mixture comes together as a lump

Step 7: Pour the haalbai mixture on the greased plate/mould and cut to diamond shapes when the haalbai cools a bit and firms up

Step 8: Serve Karnataka Style Haalbai Recipe warm or chilled, as a dessert after festive lunch or during evenings with tea

Step 9: Optionally, you can garnish with poppy seeds when the sweet is poured onto the plate