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Ukkarai Recipe,Okkarai | Diwali Special Sweets

October 19, 2015 by Sharmilee J 3 Comments

Ukkarai Recipe

Chettinad Ukkarai Recipe or Okkarai 

Ukkarai is a Chettinad special sweet made for Diwali.This ukkarai / okkarai is made even during Navratri and Karthigai Deepam in different parts of the city.

I  wanted to post this last Diwali itself but somehow got missed.Amma makes this ukkarai sweet often as its easy to make and healthy too as it uses very less ghee but ammas version is slightly different, so I referred my Chettinad cookbook for the method and used ammas measures.

Ukkarai Recipe

Ukkarai Recipe – Ingredients

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 45 mins | Makes : 3/4 cup
Recipe Category: Sweet | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Chana Dal – 1/4 cup
Moong Dal – 1/4 cup
Jaggery – 1/2 cup
Coconut – 3 tbsp grated
Ghee – 2 tsp + 1 tsp
Cashews – 5 whole broken
Cardamom powder – 1/8 tsp

Method:

  1. Soak jaggery in warm water(till immersing level) , crush it well. Then heat it up until it is slightly thick (no string consistency needs to be checked).Strain and keep aside.(I made more than above mentioned quantity for storing purpose).
    How to make karamani sundal - Step6
  2. Dry roast chana dal and moong dal till slightly golden.Soak it in water atleast for an hr.
    How to make Ukkarai Recipe - Step1
  3. Drain water and transfer the dals to a mixer and coarse grind it.I did the grinding in batches.Make sure you grind it to a coarse mixture and not to a paste.Now fill in a idli mould with this mixture and steam cook it for atleast 15mins in low medium flame.
    How to make Ukkarai Recipe - Step2
  4. Roughly break it and run it again in the mixer, just pulsing will be enough.It should look like breadcrumbs in texture.
    How to make Ukkarai Recipe - Step3
  5. Heat jaggery syrup till it resmbles honey in consistency.Add the ground mixture and keep mixing till all the moisture is absorbed.
    How to make Ukkarai Recipe - Step3
  6. Keep mixing and add ghee when it gets dried up.Now add cardamom powder and give a quick mix.Fry cashews in a tsp of ghee till golden brown.
    How to make Ukkarai Recipe - Step3
  7. Cook till the entire mixture become dry and resembles bread crumbs in texture. Add grated coconut and fried cashews and switch off.
    How to make Ukkarai Recipe - Step3

Serve hot / warm.

My Notes:

  • The orginal recipe asked to check for single string consistency but I just heated the syrup till it was thick.
  • Keeps well for 2 days atleast when refrigerated.

Ukkarai Recipe

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  1. Traditionally Modern Food says

    October 19, 2015 at 7:08 pm

    Love ukkarai..its been a while since I tasted..urs looks tempting

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  2. MASTERCHEFMOM says

    October 20, 2015 at 7:51 am

    We make this on Diwali every year. It is our family favourite. Love your presentation and I am completely tempted to make this now itself !!!

    Reply
  3. Uma Venkat says

    October 20, 2015 at 9:55 am

    My first comment here…u have a nice blog sharmi..dis is my most favourite sweet but my mom makes with sugar..yumm..

    Reply

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