Iruttu Kadai halwa is one of the famous Sweets in India. The shop used to operate on Candle Light and hence the name "Iruttu Kadai" (Means Dark Shop in Tamil as it used to operate with minimal lighting). It remains a disagreeable fact that the uniqueness in taste could be mainly attributed to Thamirabarani sweet waters. This is made from crushed juice taken out from well-soaked fresh wheat berries.

It needs to be soaked well and boiled properly for the best taste, the other important process is stirring of halwa. While machinery crushing and stirring were introduced by many shops for bulk production, but they follow traditional and tedious manual stirring to date for maintaining the original taste for decades.

What makes Iruttu Kadai halwa different from other Tirunelveli halwa or others?

Tirunelveli Iruttu Kadai halwa shop timings are from evening 5 pm to nearly 7 pm only 2 hours. For only a few hours, the iruttu kadai would serve halwa. Generally, it will be from 5 pm to 7 pm. It is prepared in the traditional way by using pure ghee, wheat milk. The best part of the preparation is that there are no machines used in extracting or squeezing the milk from wheat and ghee.

The milk procured for the preparation is always fresh and original because it is collected from the local farmers who grow cattle in their homes. The unique look is the crispy layer or coating on the halwa the next day. This type of coating can not be found in any other halwa. This type of halwa is known for its great taste. Any visitor who visits Nellai City would hear about its unique taste and that you can get Halwa from the Shop. 

With snackative, you can now enjoy the original flavour of Tirunelveli District's beloved “Iruttu Kadai Halwa” by placing an order online in USA. You may also get our other delectable sweets like Kovilpatti kadalai mittai, Karaikudi plum cake, Nellai karupatti Ghee mysore pak by visiting the Snackative online store.