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Chakka Varatti

🇮🇳 Indian

Kerala jackfruit jam, chakka varatti cooked down for hours. The taste of every good news day in an Indian household. Best after resting an hour; the flavours settle.

Prep 22 min Cook 53 min Serves 5 Medium

Ingredients

  • Salta pinch
  • Ghee3 tbsp
  • Sugarto taste
  • Jackfruit500 g, raw and cubed
  • Grated Coconut1 cup
  • Jaggery3/4 cup, grated
  • Green Cardamom4, ground

Instructions

  1. 1

    Set out every ingredient measured and ready; Indian sweets move fast once the heat is on.

  2. 2

    Start the base: the jackfruit and jaggery together in a thick pan, stirring so nothing catches.

  3. 3

    Keep going until the mass pulls away from the pan and glistens; the colour should deepen a shade.

  4. 4

    Add the grated coconut, cardamom and any nuts or saffron; fold through and cook two minutes more.

  5. 5

    Spread or shape while warm, garnish with the reserved nuts, cool completely, then cut or serve as it sets.

Chef's tip

Fresh spices make the dish — if yours smell of nothing, the dish will taste of nothing.

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