Recipe of Homemade Chakka Varatti or Jackfruit Preserve

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chakka varatti or jackfruit preserve. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chakka Varatti or Jackfruit Preserve is made with ripe jackfruits, ghee and jaggery. Generally this jackfruit preserve is made during jackfruit season and is stored for future use."Chakka" is a Malayasam word which means Jackfruit and "Varatti" means to cook until there is no moisture. You can preserve Jackfruit by using this method. It is a food made from Jackfruit.

Chakka Varatti or Jackfruit Preserve is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chakka Varatti or Jackfruit Preserve is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chakka varatti or jackfruit preserve using 3 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chakka Varatti or Jackfruit Preserve:

1. Get 1 Jackfruit medium(riped)
2. Take 6-7 cup Jaggery
3. Prepare 1/2 cup Ghee

I have seen my grandma to start early in the morning and finish by the late night. Start from peeling the skin of jackfruit cleaning and cutting into finely chopped pieces. Chakka varatti is an authentic Kerala recipe made with jack fruit and jaggery. During my recent trip to India for my niece wedding, we as a group of family members were sitting and talking in the evening.

Steps to make Chakka Varatti or Jackfruit Preserve:

1. Remove the jackfruit pods and deseed them. Grind the jackfruit pods to a smooth paste. Pressure cook in a vessel for 3 whistles.
2. Heat a heavy bottomed Kadai or Uruli, add the jaggery.
3. Dissolve the jaggery in about 1 cup of water.
4. Let it boil on medium heat till one string consistency.
5. Then add the pureed jackfruit and cook on medium heat, stirring once in a while to avoid burning.
6. Do not cook on high flame.
7. Once all the moisture is absorbed and the mixture starts thickening add the ghee little at a time or whenever you feel the mixture sticking to the botto
8. Keep stirring and cooking till the mixture leaves the sides of the kadai.
9. Remove from flame and let it cool naturally. Transfer into clean containers and keep dry.
10. Delicious chakka varatti is ready. Eat it as it is or makes ela ada, Pradhaman or have it with Adai or even as bread spread.

Chakka varatti is an authentic Kerala recipe made with jack fruit and jaggery. During my recent trip to India for my niece wedding, we as a group of family members were sitting and talking in the evening. Also mami shared the recipe of payasam they make with this jackfruit preserve. And this Chakka Varatti or Jackfruit Jam / Preserve is also rich in nutrients and other proteins. Chakka Varatti is Kerala's traditional dish Chakka Varatti or Jackfruit Preserve can be eaten along with bread, chapati etc., We can also make payasam or ada ( rice batter ) using this Chakka Varatti.

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