Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, jackfruit (chakka) halwa(varattiyathu). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Jackfruit (Chakka) Halwa(Varattiyathu) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Jackfruit (Chakka) Halwa(Varattiyathu) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook 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
- Make ready 1.5 cup jaggery
- Take 5 tbsp ghee
- Prepare 1.5 cup water
- Make ready Few watermelon seeds
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. 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.
Instructions 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.
It is a great recipe to cook during the festive season when you have guests coming. This is not the first time I am speaking about the nutritional value of jackfruit. Even though those who are not aware about it read it. Jackfruit is a gorgeous fruit (used as a fruit when ripened) and vegetable (used as a vegetable. 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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