Chakka Varattiyathu Recipe with step by step pictures. This Chakka Varatti is a unique recipe made with ripe jackfruits and cooked in jaggery.
Chakka Varattiyathu Recipe
This halwa is one of my all time favourite. But we don't make this often, because we dont have jackfruit tree in our home. But my aunt has that in her house, so whenever there is a ripe fruit in that tree, she sent half of that large fruit to our home. Most of the time we eat it as it is, if the fruits are too sweet. But sometimes the fruit wont be that sweet, so it need some help and it would be transformed into this or payasam.
About Chakka Varatti Recipe
Chakkavaratty, Chakka Varattiyathu, Jackfruit Preserves, Chakka Varatti or Jackfruit Halwa is a jackfruit-based food. The fruit is peeled and cut into small pieces after the seeds have been removed. The fruit is then cooked with ghee and jaggery until it has the consistency of a paste or jam.
Chakka Varatti sweet is pretty easy to make, each people have their own way of making it. My aunt used to chop the fruit finely and cook them in jaggery syrup and make this. But i find that very time consuming, because you have to spend quite a long time separating the fruits from the rough jack fruit. So this is how i do it. It is easy and and delicious.
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Ingredients for Chakka Varattiyathu Recipe (Jackfruit Preserves)
- Jackfruit / Chakka - 6 cups
- Jaggery - 1.5 cups grated
- Ghee - 4 to 5 tbsp
- Water - 1.5 cup
Jackfruit / Chakka :
When you get to the inside, it has the texture of shredded meat—ripe jackfruit has a surprisingly sweet flavour that tastes like a combination of mango, pineapple, and banana, or exactly like Juicy Fruit gum.
Jaggery :
Depending on its composition, jaggery can taste like fresh cane juice, maple syrup, caramel, or molasses. The unrefined natural sweetener is available in a variety of colours, including light amber, golden brown, and dark brown. Jaggery is known by many different names, including gur in Urdu, gud in Hindi, and vellam in Tamil.
Ghee :
Ghee tends to be one of those hyperbole-inducing foods, like macarons and gelato, that people describe quite dramatically as being heavenly or the best thing ever. In actuality, ghee tastes like a cleaner, richer, more decadent version of butter itself.
How to Make Chakka Varattiyathu Recipe (Jackfruit preserves)
- Take jackfruit and 1 cup of water in a pressure cooker. Cover and pressure cook for 3 whistle, simmer the flame for 10 mins. Turn off the heat.
- Now transfer this mix to a kadai.
- Take jaggery and ½ cup of water in a sauce pan, heat so the jaggery is melted. Strain this and add to the jackfruit mix.
- Now heat this on high heat and let the mixture gets thick.
- Keep cooking them and keep stirring, it will get dark in color and very thick.
- Add ghee at this point and keep mixing them,
- At a stage it will leave the sides of the kadai like a halwa.
- Turn off the heat and let it cool.
- Serve.
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Chakka Varattiyathu Recipe | Chakka Varatti Recipe | Jackfruit Preserves
Ingredients
- 6 cups Jackfruit / Chakka
- 1.5 cups Jaggery grated
- 4 to 5 tbsp Ghee
- 1.5 cup Water
Instructions
- Take jaggery and ½ cup of water in a sauce pan, heat so the jaggery is melted. Strain this and add to the jackfruit mix.
- Now heat this on high heat and let the mixture gets thick.
- Keep cooking them and keep stiring, it will get dark in colour and very thick.
- Add ghee at this point and keep mixing them,
- At a stage it will leave the sides of the kadai like a halwa.
- Turn off the heat and let it cool.
- Serve.
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Chakka Varattiyathu Recipe Step by Step
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| Separate the fruit from the jackfruit |
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| You have to keep cooking it for 15 mins or so, till it reaches this consistency..Keep stiring and mashing them |
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| Add in ghee at this point |
Frequently Asked Questions? FAQ?
Is Chakka Varatti good for health?
Jackfruit is high in potassium and a good source of vitamin C. Jackfruit's potassium content aids in blood pressure regulation. The fruit is also anti-cancer, anti-hypertensive, anti-aging, antioxidant, and anti-ulcer.
Where is Jack fruit originally from?
It is thought to have originated in India. The name "jackfruit" was most likely derived from what the Portuguese called it, "jaca," which was most likely a variant of the name "chakka pazham" used in southern India. Other names for jackfruit include kathal in
Bangladesh, kanun in Thailand, and nangka in Malaysia.
Does jackfruit increase diabetes?
Jackfruit contains natural sugars that cause an increase in blood glucose (sugar) levels. Raw jackfruit contains 28.8 g of sugar per 150 g. However, because of its protein and fibre content, jackfruit can still be beneficial to diabetics because it is digested slowly by the body and does not spike blood sugar levels.
Sheba
Mouth watering..I love chakka varatiyathu
Rathna Rosy
Lovely... Pass this plate of halwa to me...
suresh
We had a jackfruit that was not very ripe but we had to cut it as it was getting spoilt. Bit of googling got me to your site. I followed your instructions and made this halwa. It does not have the same colour as yours but it is extremely tasty. Actually, I am not sure how this is supposed to taste because we never had it before. In any case, scored lots of brownie points from wife☺. Thanks a lot for the recipe. I will come back to look for more.
suresh
We had a jackfruit that was not very ripe but we had to cut it as it was getting spoilt. Bit of googling got me to your site. I followed your instructions and made this halwa. It does not have the same colour as yours but it is extremely tasty. Actually, I am not sure how this is supposed to taste because we never had it before. In any case, scored lots of brownie points from wife☺. Thanks a lot for the recipe. I will come back to look for more.
Rev. Godson
This ill try when I come to Kanyakumary next week.
Anonymous
Six cup of jackfruit means approximately how many jackfruit
Aarthi
@Anonymousaround 50 to 60 jackfruit
Javad
Godddd!!! This is heavenly. Your precise recipes makes cooking so easy. It turned out exactly like in your pictures. Thank you!!!! 😛
Sarika Suman
Looking so good...i wanna try the recipe
Anonymous
Thank you for sharing the recipe. Since we have jackfruit in abundance, I tried the recipe today. The color turned out exactly like in the pics. It was lovely taste. A
recipe to keep and share.
Shamim Nilofar
Awesome recipe aarthi its already drooling so am not gonna eat jackfruit gonna prepare this yummy halwa
Shamim Nilofar
Awesome recipe aarthi its already drooling so am not gonna eat jackfruit gonna prepare this yummy halwa
Sabreena
Thankyou...the recipe was easy to follow and the dish is superb
Sue
Good recipe, thank you. I made a small quantity and it came out well!