Papaya wine

JACKFRUIT HALWA / CHAKKA VARATTI

Preparation time : 15 min
cooking time : 45 min
makes : 2 cups


Ingredients

  • Jackfruit puree  - 3 cups
  • Jaggery - 2 cups
  • Dry ginger powder - a pinch
  • Salt - a pinch
  • ghee - 5 to 7 tbsp

Method

  1. Take 25 to 30 jack fruit pieces.Remove the seed.
  2. Chop the Jack fruit into small pieces for easy grinding
  3. Add the chopped pieces to a blender and grind it to a paste without adding water.
  4. Take a heavy bottomed kadai and add the Jack fruit pulp to it .The flame should be medium
  5. In another pan soak jaggery with little water and allow it to melt . Strain the jaggery syrup and add it to the jack fruit pulp. Continuously stir or it will get burnt .
  6. Continue stiring for 20 min . It will start to thicken and bubbles will be formed. Be careful as the bubbles will splutter.Add a pinch of dry ginger powder and salt at this stage
  7. Add ghee at intervals and put the flame low 
  8. Switch off the flame till the mixture attains a ball consistency and it should not stick the bottom 
  9. you can use the halwa for months if properly stored



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