Okkarai | Diwali sweet

Okkarai | Diwali sweet

A Diwali special sweet made in and around the region of srivilliputhur in Tamil Nadu .

This is also a temple prasadam in the andal temple and made daily. And many of you haven't heard about this sweet which is made during Diwali time.

Make this sweet for this Diwali season, some thing which is very healthy and different from the regular sweets.

And most important part is we have used jaggery which is very healthy, and can be given to kids as well.

Lets cook with step-by-step pictures.

Now lets see how to cook:

Okkarai | Diwali sweet

Prep time

15min

Cook time

10min

Total time

25min

Best Diwali sweet which is different from your regular sweet.

Author: Shalini

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: Indian

Serves: 2 servings

Ingredients:

Channa dal - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Roasted cashew and raisins - 2 tsp
Ghee - 2 tsp

METHOD :

Dry roast dals in a wok till golden brown. Soak in water for 2 hours.
Grind dals to an almost fine paste.
Add ghee to a wok and cook the dal paste till crumbly.
Make sure to constantly keep mixing to ensure it doesnt burn.
In other pan add, add jaggery and water till the jaggery melts heat it and strain the juice.
Once the dals are fully cooked and dry, add the jaggery juice and cook continuously.
Keep cooking till the mixture thickens and becomes crumbly again.
Garnish with roasted cashews and raisins.
Adding freshly grated coconut is optional.

Pictorial:

Take all items

Dry roast the channa dal

Then moong dal roast

Add both the dals in a bowl

Add required water

Soak it for 2 hrs

Drain the water then add the dals into mixer and graind to almost fine paste

Like this

Add Ghee in a wok

Add the dal paste and mix along with the ghee

Keep cooking till it gets dry

Then add jaggery juice to it and give a quick mix

Add cardamom powder

Add Roasted cashews and raisins on top

Serve hot !!

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