Tirunelveli Halwa Recipe Godumai Halwa Recipe Wheat Halwa

About Tirunelveli Halwa Recipe

Tirunelveli is famous for a sweet called, ‘Iritu kadai halwa’. Tirunelveli is also known for halwa, a sweet made of wheat, sugar and ghee. It originated during the mid-1800s at Lakshmi Vilas Stores, which still exist. The art of sweet-making spread to other parts of Tamil Nadu, such as Nagercoil, Srivilliputhur and Thoothukudi. Tirunelveli halwa was popularised by Irutukadai Halwa, a shop opened in 1900 which sells the sweets only during twilight.

Tirunelveli Halwa Ingredients

Wheat

In the making of tirunelveli halwa we use either wheat, wheat rava or wheat flour. The starch from the wheat is extracted and used to make halwa.

Sugar

caramelized sugar is used to achieve the colour in halwa.

Ghee

Use pure desi ghee for making this halwa. which adds to the aroma and taste. This halwa was rich and it was pretty easy to make as well. All you need is follow few steps and you will get perfect halwa each time.

How to Make Tirunelveli Halwa at Home

Preparing Wheat milk

Soak wheat rava in water for 6 to 8 hours. Drain and take it in a blender, puree till smooth. Now strain this and extract as much milk as possible. Add water to the rava and extract as much milk possible. Now set this milk aside for 3 to 4 hours. Now discard the top liquid. Add 4 cup of water to the milk and mix well.

Making caramel sugar

Take 2.5 cup of sugar in a nonstick pan and add ½ cup of water to it., take ½ cup of sugar in a small sauce pan and add ¼ cup water to it. Now cook the ½ cup sugar till dark caramel is achieved.

Making tirunelveli halwa

Now pour the caramel into the sugar syrup in nonstick pan and mix well. Add the wheat milk to this and mix well. Keep cooking till it gets thick. At this point start adding ghee a spoonful at a time. Mix well. Keep cooking till ghee separates. It will take around 45 mins to 1 hour. Now add fried cashews and mix well. Serve.