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chakka varatti recipe

Chakka Varatti - Jackfruit Preserve

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Author Priya Shiva

Ingredients

  • 6 cups Ripe Jackfruit chopped
  • 3 cups jaggery powdered
  • 3 cardamom powdered
  • 3 tsp Ghee

Instructions

  1. Remove the seeds of jackfruit and take the fruit alone in a bowl. Chop it.

  2. Pressure cook with 1 cup of water till its soft and cooked. Let it cool down completely and make a puree of it.

  3. Add jaggery with 1 cup of water in a heavy bottom pan. Once it starts boiling and jaggery has melted, remove from the gas stove and strain the water to remove the impurities. Keep the jaggery water aside.

  4. Heat a pan with ghee in it.

  5. Now add jaggery water, reduce the flame and cook till it thickens. Keep stirring.

  6. Now add jackfruit puree and keep stirring. Cook on low flame till it thickens.

  7. Remove from the flame and add cardamom powder.

  8. Once it completely cools down, store it in a clean and dry air-tight container and refrigerate.

Recipe Notes

  • You can add more jaggery if the jackfruit is not very sweet. 
  • You can even add 1/2 tsp of dried ginger in the end for taste enhancement. 
  • This preserve stays good even for an year if you use clean and airtight containers. Store in glass or steel vessel and refrigerate. 
  • Always use clean and dry spoon while serving.