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Okkarai (Diwali Okkarai)
Okkarai is a famous traditional South Indian sweet dish that is made on the auspicious day of Diwali. I still remember my older days where in my mom prepares only Okkarai and Vadai for Diwali. Probably we weren't afford to prpeare other sweets and snacks during those days. Still in now a days in many brahmin families Okkarai is one of the mandatory sweet which is prepared on the auspicious day of diwali. This simple dish Okkarai needs only less expensive ingredients and readily available materials in any house.
Ingredients:Channa Dal/Kadalai Paruppu 1 Cup Grated Jaggery 1 1/4 Cup Cardamom powder 1/4 Teaspoon Cashew Nuts Few Ghee 1/2 Cup
Method:- Dry fry the Channa Dal/Kadalai Paruppu in a pan till it turns into golden brown color and put the Dal into the vessel
- To this add boiling water and soak the Channa Dal/Kadalai Paruppu for at least 3 hours
- After 3 hours, rinse the Channa Dal/Kadalai Paruppu and take it out
- Add 2 hand full of Channa Dal/Kadalai Paruppu and also 1 hand full of jaggery to the mixer and grind it to a nice paste
- Repeat it for the remaining Dal and jaggery
- Mix all the ground Dal jaggery paste and add cardamom powder
- Heat the pan and add 1 spoon of ghee and add the cashew nuts and fry until it turns into golden brown color. Take the fried cashews and mix it well with the ground Dal jaggery paste
- In the hot pan, add half quantity of ghee and add the ground mixture and stir it once
- Keep the flame low and stir occasionally
- The okkarai breaks down into smaller pieces and it should be soft. When we take the small pieces in hand and make into ball then this is the right stage to remove the okkarai out off the flame.
- The delicious Okkarai is ready to serve
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I tried the recipe today for the first time. Came out well.thanks to your step by step recipe. It reminded me of my Paati's okkarai.