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Diwali Okkarai | Ukkarai Recipe | Okkarai Sweet Recipe

Instant Okkarai Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is a traditional sweet made specially on Diwali festival. The main ingredient of this dish is dal and jaggery.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Festival Sweets
Cuisine Indian
Servings 8 servings
Calories 449 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup Split Yellow Moong Dal
  • 1 cup Rice Flour
  • 2 cups Jaggery
  • ½ cup Ghee
  • 4 cups Water
  • 3 tablespoon Cashews optional

Instructions
 

  • Wash Moong Dal and let it dry in a colander.
  • Heat 1 teaspoon of ghee and roast rice flour till it turns into light golden colour and you get nice aroma. Remove this to a bowl.
  • Heat 1 teaspoon of ghee and roast moong Dal till it turns into light golden colour and you get nice aroma.
  • Add 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Now simmer this till the dal is cooked.
  • Now in a separate sauce pan add 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil.
  • Take it off the heat and add jaggery in this water. Mix well so that the jaggery gets dissolved.
  • Pour this jaggery water through a sieve over the cooked dal and mix well. Bring this to a boil.
  • Slowly add in the roasted rice flour and mix well. Stir everything together untill its gets combined well.
  • Add in the ghee and mix well..Cook everything for 5 mins mixing continuously. The cooked mixture will leave the sides of the pan.
  • Now pour this in a greased pan or tray and smoothen the top.
  • Let it rest for 15 mins. Now invert the pan and cut into squares. Garnish with cashews..
  • Serve hot .

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 449kcalCarbohydrates: 76gProtein: 5gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 10mgPotassium: 40mgFiber: 2gSugar: 51gVitamin A: 25IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg
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