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.
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
Nutrition Facts
Diwali Okkarai | Ukkarai Recipe | Okkarai Sweet Recipe
Serving Size
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
449
% Daily Value*
Fat
13
g
20
%
Saturated Fat
7
g
44
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
4
g
Cholesterol
29
mg
10
%
Sodium
10
mg
0
%
Potassium
40
mg
1
%
Carbohydrates
76
g
25
%
Fiber
2
g
8
%
Sugar
51
g
57
%
Protein
5
g
10
%
Vitamin A
25
IU
1
%
Vitamin C
0.02
mg
0
%
Calcium
29
mg
3
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.