Sharkara Upperi Recipe – How to Make Sharkara Varatti

Sharkara Upperi Recipe – How to Make Sharkara Varatti with step wise pictures.

Sarkara upperi is a kerala authentic sweet recipe made using nendran. This raw banana sweet is a must have on any marriage functions.

I wanted to make this recipe long time back. But somehow it was put on a hold. Few days back we harvested our first banana bunch from our backyard banana tree. It is nice big nendran variety. So took a bunch of those banana and made a large batch of chips as well as this upperi. It turned out super delicious and perfect, i had to blog it.

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Upperi Recipe - How to Make Sarkara Varatti

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

55 mins

 

Sarkara upperi is a kerala authentic sweet recipe made using nendran. This raw banana sweet is a must have on any marriage functions.

Author: Aarthi

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: Indian

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

• Raw Banana / Raw Nendran Banana - 2
• Oil for deep frying
• Jaggery - ¾ cup
• Water - ¼ cup
• Dry Ginger Powder / Chukku podi - 1 tsp
• Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp
• Jeera Powder - ½ tsp
• Rice Flour - 1 tblsp

Instructions

1. Peel raw banana, cut it into half moons. Deep fry in medium heat oil till super crispy. It will take around 20 to 30 mins to get it crispy. Drain and set aside.
2. Take jaggery and water in a sauce pan and boil till liquid. Strain it.
3. Take it back in a pan. Boil till it gets syrupy.
4. Add in raw banana pieces and coat it well. Cook it in the syrup till the banana is coated well.
5. Now add in rice flour and mix well. Stir till it gets coated all over the banana pieces.
6. Let it cool.
7. Store in a air tight container for week.
8. Serve and enjoy.

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Pictorial:

1)Take raw banana

2)Slit it gently on the skin alone and peel it off

3)like this

4)Cut it in the middle

5)Cut it in this shape

6)Done

7)Heat oil for deep frying

8)Fry in medium heat till the banana get nice and crispy

9)This process will take around 30 mins

10)Fry in medium heat oil

11)Drain and set aside

12)When you break open a fried piece. it will be crispy

13)Take jaggery in a pan

14)Add water

15)Mix well

16)bring it to a boil

17)Cook till syrupy. Add cumin powder

18)Add in cardamom powder

19)Add in dry ginger powder

20)Mix well

21)Add raw banana pieces

22)Toss well

23)Coat it well.

24)Take it off the heat

25)Add rice flour

26)Mix well

27)It will coat all the pieces beautifully and get dry

28)Serve