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Halape / Halapa

written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi August 23, 2011
Halape is a traditional Sri Lankan sweet which we use for tea time. The main ingredient is Ragi Flour(Kurakkan flour)
However when I prepare it I use both rice flour & kurakkan flour just to avoid the strong taste of Kurakkan flour although it is healthy.
In Sri Lanka we use ‘Kanda Leaves ‘ to wrap halape.However because I cannot find that leaves in the country where I live,Banana leaves are the substitute.So you cannot see the correct outer appearance of it as in Sri Lanka because I have used ‘Banana leaves’,but the taste inside is the same.

Here is the recipe


Ingredients (For 4 nos)


½ cup rice flour
½ cup Kurakkan flour (Ragi flour) (instead of both ragi & rice flour, you can use 1 cup Ragi Flour)
1 cup grated coconut
¼ cup honey (instead use 4 tsp sugar as a substitute,change the qty of sugar as per your taste)
Salt to taste
Method


Heat a pan & add grated coconut. Make it just warm & add honey or sugar & mix well. Remove from burner once the mix is brown in colour. Keep aside

In a bowl mix rice & ragi flour together.

Use some warm water into it & make dough.Add some salt to taste.

Spread kanda leaves or banana leaves on a table. (if you use banana leaves,keep it over a flame few minutes to reduce its moisture & cut into pieces of about 7’’ * 7 ‘’
Now take a small qty of the dough ,make it as a ball & spread over the leaf making a thin round shape pastry.

Put some from sugar/cocnut mixture on it & spread well.

Then fold it half & press the dough.
Continue the same process with remaining dough.

Steam for about 15-20 minutes or until cooked.
Serve & enjoy!!












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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi

Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes, you will also find travel, health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing.

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6 comments

gpknaidu August 24, 2011 - 5:41 am

so nice and easy recipe to try,after reading this i am trying to do this.ragi flour is good for health.We eat regularly Ragi balls which is famous in our rayalaseema region in andhra pradesh state.thanks for giving a nice recipe.

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RG November 11, 2020 - 11:20 am

I’m a new subscriber 😉 Thanks Amila for adding this recipe because I forgot how I did it before. Tks again.

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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi November 26, 2020 - 1:02 pm

Hi RG,Thanks for subscribing and sharing this coment.Hope you cooked and enjoyed Halapa.. 🙂

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Amy August 24, 2011 - 6:06 am

thanks for the comment.happy to see that you are trying it.This is a very easy to make recipe & a good way to eat ragi flour avoiding its strong taste

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bob February 3, 2012 - 11:12 am

I made this today. Dont forget to add salt to the ragi mixture. Thank you for the recipe 🙂

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Amy February 6, 2012 - 9:57 am

Happy to hear that you made ‘Halapa’.Hope they came well….& Thanks for the remind about adding salt.I will edit the post accordingly….

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