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May 30th, 2019 
Neena Chakka Varattiyathu is an authentic and most popular Kerala dish prepared during the jackfruit season. Jackfruit preserve\Jackfruit halwa\Chakka varattiyathu is prepared from ripe jackfruit, ghee, and jaggery. The seeds are removed from jackfruit and are cooked in ghee and jaggery until it reaches a paste or jam-like consistency. You could prepare payasam, unniyappam, Ada, etc.
Ingredients
Jackfruit without seeds-1 kg
Jaggery-1/2 kg
Ghee-250gms
Cardamon powder-1 Tsp
Method
- Make a fine paste of Jack fruit in a mixer grinder.
- Melt jaggery and remove the impurities if any.
- Take a heavy bottomed pan and add the jaggery and Jackfruit pulp. Keep stirring till they are nicely incorporated and becomes thicker.
- When the mixture becomes thicker, add ghee at regular intervals and keep stirring in low flame till all the ghee are nicely incorporated with the jackfruit and jaggery mixture. When the mixture started to roll like a ball without sticking to the sides of the pan, add cardamom powder and mix well.
- You can check the consistency of the chakka varatti by taking a small quantity of halwa in your wet hands and try to make a ball. If you are able to make a ball, then switch off the flame. Take the chakka varatti in a serving bowl.
- You can preserve chakka varatti by keeping it in an airtight container.
Chakka Varattiyathu |Jackfruit Halwa |Jackfruit preserve
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Author: Neena
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: South Indian
Serves: 4-5
Ingredients
- Jackfruit without seeds-1 kg
- Jaggery-1/2 kg
- Ghee-250gms
- Cardamon powder-1 Tsp
Instructions
- Make a fine paste of Jack fruit in a mixer grinder.
- Melt jaggery and remove the impurities if any.
- Take a heavy bottomed pan and add the jaggery and Jackfruit pulp. Keep stirring till they are nicely incorporated and becomes thicker.
- When the mixture becomes thicker, add ghee at regular intervals and keep stirring in low flame till all the ghee are nicely incorporated with the jackfruit and jaggery mixture. When the mixture started to roll like a ball without sticking to the sides of the pan, add cardamom powder and mix well.
- You can check the consistency of the chakka varatti by taking a small quantity of halwa in your wet hands and try to make a ball. If you are able to make a ball, then switch off the flame. Take the chakka varatti in a serving bowl.
- You can preserve chakka varatti by keeping it in an airtight container.
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