Chettinad Ukkarai
Chettinad Ukkarai is a diwali special chettinad sweet made with moong dal and jaggery as main ingredients. Let us learn to make Ukkarai Recipe with step by step pictures and video.
Servings4
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup moong dal
- 1/8 cup rava
- 1/8 cup rice flour
- 1/8 cup coconut grated
- 1/8 teaspoon cardamom powder
- a very tiny pinch salt
- 1.5 tablespoon cashews broken
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 4 tablespoon ghee
- around 2 cups + 1/2 cup water
For jaggery syrup:
- 1/2 cup powdered jaggery
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- To a sauce pan - add jaggery and water, let jaggery melt completely. Set aside.
- To a tadka pan - heat 2 tablespoon ghee add cashews fry until golden brown, set aside. Add moong dal dry roast until golden. Add 2 cups water to it.
- It should bloom well. Cook until soft, dal should look whole but easily mashable. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. If there is any water strain and set aside.
- Heat 2 tablespoon ghee - add rava fry for a minute then add rice flour fry for a minute.
- Add coconut fry for a minute. Then add cooked dal mix it well then add 1/2 cup water for flour and rava to get cooked.
- Cook until thick. Then strain and add jaggery syrup.
- Mix well and cook until it rolls well. Now add cardamom powder, salt and fried cashews. Mix it well. Relish Chettinad Ukkarai!
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Notes
- The consistency of chettinad ukarai is more like halwa but if you prefer you can further cook for few more mins to make it like puttu.
- Salt it added to lift up the sweetness.
- Add jaggery syrup only after rice flour and sooji gets cooked completely.
- You can even pressure cook moong dal for 2 whistles.
- If there is more water after cooking moong dal then strain the water and use it for sambar or soups.
- Oil gives soft texture to the sweet.
- Reduce a tablespoon of ghee if you prefer but don't reduce too much then you will not get the perfect texture.
Nutrition Facts
Chettinad Ukkarai
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 352
Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 38mg13%
Sodium 109mg5%
Potassium 70mg2%
Carbohydrates 41g14%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 26g29%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 25IU1%
Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
Calcium 21mg2%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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