Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, jackfruit (chakka) halwa(varattiyathu). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chakka Varrati (Jackfruit Halwa) is an authentic and most popular kerala delicacy made from ripened jackfruit. Chakka is a malayalam word for My mom used to make this with a whole jackfruit and it takes quite longer time to finish the jam. There are a slight variations to do this same recipe.
Jackfruit (Chakka) Halwa(Varattiyathu) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Jackfruit (Chakka) Halwa(Varattiyathu) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have jackfruit (chakka) halwa(varattiyathu) using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Jackfruit (Chakka) Halwa(Varattiyathu):
- Take 9-10 pieces Jackfruit
- Take 1.5 cup jaggery
- Get 5 tbsp ghee
- Get 1.5 cup water
- Make ready Few watermelon seeds
I have just prepared this with one cup of paste. If you want to preserve it for more time, then buy a whole jackfruit or use more jackfruit. Chakka varattiyathu - Jack fruit Halwa. Chakka Varatti is a Jack fruit preserve made from Ripe Jack fruit,Jaggery & little Ghee. "chakka" means Jackfruit & "varatti" means cook continuously until water content in it is Completely dried up.
Steps to make Jackfruit (Chakka) Halwa(Varattiyathu):
- Add jackfruit,1 cup of water in a pressure cooker. Cover and pressure cook for 3 whistles, Turn off the heat
- Now transfer this mix to a pan.
- Add jaggery and 1/2 cup of water in a pan, heat so the jaggery is melted. add to the jackfruit pan.
- Now heat on high flame and let the mixture gets thick. keep stiring, it will get dark in colour and very thick.
- Add ghee and watermelon seeds at this point and keep mixing them, At this stage it will leave the sides of the pan like a halwa.
- Turn off the heat and let it cool and set in a greased tray and kept aside for 30 mins then cut into smaller pieces and place them in a plating tray and garnished it with some watermelon seeds and serve.
Kerala Style Chakka Varattiyathu is a tasty dessert recipe made with jackfruit. It is a halwa made with ripe jackfruit, jaggery, ghee, and cardamom powder. The recipe uses minimal ingredients and can be prepared in a jiffy. It is a great recipe to cook during the festive season when you have guests coming. Chakka varatti-Jackfruit jam is very authentic traditional recipe of Kerala is made of jackfruit bulbs along with jaggery and ghee (clarified butter).
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