- Roast chanadal on low flame until it turns aromatic. Cool down slightly and soak it for about an hour.
- After an hour, drain off the water completely and Grind it into a Coarse paste without adding any water.
- Heat a pan, add 3 tbsp of ghee and start roasting the grinded chana dal paste. Roast it on medium to low flame.
- Continue roasting until the moist is completely absorbed and the mixture turns into a Coarse powder. Allow it to cool..
- Heat a pan add 1/4 cup of water and add Jaggery to it mix it and allow it boil until it turns into a thick syrup.
- Note : keep a small bowl of water, to check if the syrup is ready drop a little boiling Jaggery syrup into water and if you are able to collect into a hard solid then the syrup consistency is perfect.
- To the syrup add cardamom powder and prepared chanadal mixture and give a good mix add 2 tbsp of ghee(optional), however this adds more flavour to the dish.
- Sprinkle some grated coconut and ghee roasted cashews. And mix well. Allow it to cool.
This is a authentic traditional healthy sweet made of chanadal and Jaggery and ghee. It's a mandatory sweet on diwali celebration menu platter.
Okkarai/ullarai
By Ashwini Vijay
Nov, 17th
692
Servings
3 persons
Cook Time
1 hr
Ingredients
3
- 5
Ingredients
- Chana dal
- Ghee
- Cashews
- Grated dry coconut
- Jaggery
