Every Wednesday I share an Exotic recipe, as of now being summer and the availability of mangoes, jack fruit resulted me in preparing the Mixed Fruits Halwa / Tri-Fruits or Mukkani Halwa. Do chck out my other Halwa Recipes – Banana Halwa, Corn flour Halwa, Badam / Almond Halwa, Wheat Halwa, Carrot Halwa, Beetroot Halwa.

Mukkani Halwa / Tri-Fruits Halwa – Summer recipes – Summer dessert

As the name Mukkani in Tamil literature mentions Mango, Jack fruit and Banana and also together it tastes divine and smells fabulous. I could understand now you drool, so why wait give a try immediately and enjoy the halwa. Taking this to Fiesta Friday #161 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner. Let me share the recipe…

Ingredients:

• Mango – 1 no
• Bananas – 2 nos
• Jack fruit – 10 nos
• Sugar – 4 tbsp
• Ghee / Clarified butter – 6 tbsp
• Cashew nuts – 10 nos
• Cardamom powder – ½ tsp

Making of Mukkani Halwa / Tri-Fruits Halwa / Summer Fruits Halwa –

Preparation:

• Peel and roughly chop the mangoes into pieces. Peel the bananas and keep it aside.
• Deseed the jack fruits, take 2 jack fruits flesh and thinly slice them into pieces (lengthwise).
• Also, finely chop, a handful of mangoes and bananas into pieces, keep it aside.
• Take the deseeded jack fruits, roughly chopped mangoes and peeled bananas in a mixier and grind it to a fine paste by sprinkling little water, only if needed.
• Heat a heavy bottomed vessel, pour the ground fruit mixture, start stirring them.
• Keep on stirring until it thickens and start turning golden brown in color.
• Add sugar and cardamom powder and stir for few mins or until the sugar gets dissolved in the fruit mixture.
• Start drizzling ghee/clarified butter little by little at this stage and stir well by drizzling ghee at regular intervals until the fruit mixture oozes out the ghee/clarified butter.
• Meanwhile other side, heat a tbsp of ghee/clarified butter, add the cashew nuts and fry until they golden brown.
• Transfer the roasted cashew nuts to the halwa, stir well.
• Grease a bowl with ghee/clarified butter, transfer the halwa to the bowl and level it with the back side of the spoon.
• Wait until it reaches room temperature.

Serve hot or at room temperature.

Note: Make sure that mangoes, jack fruits and bananas should be well ripened, else there would be a complete change in the taste, flavor and color.