Tapioca halwa recipe, Cassava halwa

Tapioca halwa/ Cassava halwa/ Kappa halwa is one such unique yummy tasting sweet prepared by sweetening the cooked and mashed tapioca with condensed milk which is also flavored with cardamom and garnished with ghee fried cashews.

We have heard making halwa with veggies like these:

But this particular cassava halwa is my personal favorite and the credits goes to my mom as she makes it super delish that it difficult to resist. I have tried my level best to match it to her taste but whatever is made by mom is always heaven and unmatchable. This is again a sweet recipe for Navaratri and continuity to last week’s post. If you have missed those posts/ recipes they are below:

Now back to the recipe. The tapioca used in this recipe is frozen one so could not share the cleaning and chopping images. In this kappa halwa recipe I have used both sugar and condensed milk the latter is for taste so don’t skip it, also I skipped food color in the recipe as I wanted the halwa in its natural color but if you need it you can add a pinch of yellow food color with sugar mixture. So if you are a tapioca lover like me then surely give this recipe a try. So let’s get to the making of kappa halwa!

Tapioca halwa recipe, Cassava halwa

2020-10-13 23:34:46

Serves 3

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

25 min

Total Time

35 min

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

25 min

Total Time

35 min

Ingredients

1. Tapioca/ Cassava – 1 cup
2. Sugar – ¼ cup
3. Water – ½ cup
4. Condensed milk – 1/3 cup
5. Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp
6. Ghee – 1 tbsp
7. Cashews – 4 to 5 nos.

Note

* 1 cup = 235 ml

Instructions

Peel the tapioca/ cassava, wash it thoroughly and chop it into cubes. Place it on a steamer plate and steam it in idli cooker/ steamer for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes remove the cooked tapioca from steam. When the cassava is hot enough transfer it to a bowl and mash it well using masher. Keep this aside.
Now in a pan add ghee and fry cashews till golden brown. Remove the cashews from the pan and Keep it aside. Now in the same pan add ¼ cup sugar and ½ cup water. Allow the mixture to boil well to it add mashed cassava/ tapioca. Mix well until combined.
When everything looks combined and when the mixture thickens add condensed milk. Mix well.
Now when everything looks combined add cardamom powder and mix well. When the mixture leaves the sides of pan/ is in halwa consistency add the ghee fried cashews and ghee. Mix well and relish it!

By Sandhya Riyaz

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How to make Tapioca halwa with step by step images

Peel the tapioca/ cassava , wash it thoroughly and chop it into cubes. Place it on a steamer plate and steam it in idli cooker/ steamer for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes remove the cooked tapioca from steamer.
When it is hot enough transfer the steamed tapioca to a bowl and mash it well using masher. Keep this aside.
Now in a pan add ghee and fry cashews till golden brown. Remove the cashews from the pan and Keep it aside. Now in the same pan add ¼ cup sugar and ½ cup water. Allow the mixture to boil well. No string consistency is required just allow the sugar to dissolve.
Now to the sugar mixture add mashed cassava/ tapioca. Mix well until combined. When everything looks combined and when the mixture thickens add condensed milk. Mix well.
Now when everything looks combined add cardamom powder. Mix well and when the mixture leaves the sides of pan/ is in halwa consistency add the ghee fried cashews. Mix well and relish it!