Thiruttu kadai halwa or Iruttukadai halwa. ......It tastes well….
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We come
across several special eatable items with the name of a place tagged to it like
Tirupathi laddu,Sabarimalai Aravana payasam, and many others.…Of course these have
gained importance or special choice on account of reasons associated with its
preparation, use of ingredients, demand ..Supply factor, etc resulting in good taste.
I just
recollect a few of them as under…
Kovilapatti
kadalai urundai
Mysore
Bonda
Madhur
vadey
Thoothukkudi
Macrons,
Hospet
Menasinakai Bajji
Pune..Or
Lonawala Chikki
Dadar Halwa
Thirunelveli
halwa
Mysore Pak
Ambalappuzha
Palpayasam,
Tirupathi
Laddu,
Etc,,
I add an item
in the list. Pathamadai Paai… (Mats).as requested by my spouse who hails from
there.
Recently I
had an occasion to buy some halwa packets as my wife was going to Bangalore alone
for attending engagement function of my nephew’s daughter. And, as usual whenever
she goes somewhere outside Chennai, carries with her packets of some eatables for some selected relatives or
friends.. It was just a one day trip before leaving had asked me to get some Iruttukadai halwa packets from a nearby shop among others to be given to
some of the Bangalore relatives. I went to the shop and asked for Iruttukadai halwa when the shopkeeper corrected me saying it was IRUTTU KKADAI
HALWA..May be I did not know its greatness. Later I found out it is made in Tirunelveli Tamilnadu in a hotel or shop under a light fluorescent lamp and for
just an hour and half say 5.30 PM to 7 PM everyday using pure ghee and other
materials using wheat etc.Mostly the ingredients were original and product
tasty and on account of the limited stock made and the taste people used to
flock to this Iruttukadai meaning dark shop and buy Halwa. Who ever goes to
Tirunelveli does not miss this shop and buy Halwa after worshipping at Nellaiappar the deity being Shiva and
other temples in Tirunelveli.
The IRUTTUKADAI HALWA has become world famous although several duplicate of similar brand halwa
are available even online through Amazon .com and others at very reasonable
prize.
‘We had
occasion to go to Trivandrum Kerala three
months back where we found that the same Halwa used to be got by some shops in
Trivandrum from Tirunelveli everyday and
sold. Of course we did not buy it on account of certain personal health
reasons.
After her leaving for Bangalore, I searched the fridge
in the house and found she had kept one piece inside which I stealthily took and tasted it. ..It was nice despite standing
instructions not to eat sweet items in large quantity..So it was just like a
small Thiruttu..(Stealing) and hence the name suited to my action…THIRUTTU OF KADAI HALWAtra Rajesh Brindha Raghavan
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