OKKARAI |UKKARAI RECIPE-DIWALI SWEET RECIPE Okkarai /Ukkarai is a traditional sweet made in most of the tamil brahmin houses for diwali. I still remember my mom makes this in a very bulk quantity and except me everybody loves this okkarai very much. When i was talking to my mom yesterday, suddenly i remembered of this and asked her for the recipe. In my in –laws place we don’t make this ,and i made this for my hubby who is very fond of sweets. Here comes the recipe of okkarai. okkarai INGREDIENTS: CHANNA DAL 1/2 CUP JAGGERY 1/2 CUP CASHEW NUTS(BROKEN INTO PIECES) 2TSP GHEE 2TBLSP CARDAMOM POWDER A PINCH OKKARAI METHOD: Roast the channa dal in a pan for 2 mins(be careful not to burn this) Soak it in water for 3 hours. Drain the water and grind this into a smooth paste .Just add 1 tblsp of water while grinding. Grease a small bowl with ghee and transfer the ground channa dal to this and steam this for 10 mins. After steaming, break it into pieces and once it is cool, just grind it in a mixer to get a make it into fine pieces. In a pan put the jaggery and add 2 tblsp of water to this. Filter the impurities if any.Keep the flame low. Let the jaggery melt and comes to 1 string consistency. You can check this by taking the jaggery syrup between the thumb and the index finger. When it reaches this stage , add the ground dal to this and mix it nicely. Add a tblsp of ghee to this and mix well,till it becomes soft and reaches a puttu or usili consistency. It took 10-12 mins for me to reach this stage. You can add few tsp of ghee in the middle also while sauting. Always keep the flame low while doing this. Fry cashews in ghee and garnish the okkarai with cashews. Add cardamom powder to this and mix well. Enjoy this as it is. Though this may sound weird my mom and grandma will eat this as an accompaniment for CURD RICE. ukkarai Note: Some may skip the procedure of steaming the ground dal. But this will take more time to get cooked .
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:59:27 +0000
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