Diwali Okkarai | Ukkarai 

Diwali Okkarai | Ukkarai 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.

Okkarai recipe

This is one of the traditional recipe which my grandma taught me. I make this recipe often, Amma loves this a lot. She tells me to make this all time when she feels like eating something sweet, which she often does.

This is the instant recipe which can be make in less than 20 mins..A perfect sweet for any parties as well as for any functions. Traditionally they make this sweet for Diwali. This is so quick to make and only calls for minimum ingredients..But the taste and flavour of this is maximum.

Ingredients for Diwali Okkarai | Ukkarai 

• Split Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi paruppu – ½ cup
• Fine Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu – 1 cup
• Jaggery / Vellam / Sarkarai – 2 cup
• Ghee – ½ cup
• Water – 4 cup
• Cashews – 3 tbsp (optional)

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How to Make Diwali Okkarai | Ukkarai 

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

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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 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Festival Sweets

Cuisine Indian

Servings 8 servings

Calories 449 kcal

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Nutrition Facts

Diwali Okkarai | Ukkarai Recipe | Okkarai Sweet Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 449
Calories from Fat 117

% Daily Value*

Fat 13g20%

Saturated Fat 7g44%

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 4g

Cholesterol 29mg10%

Sodium 10mg0%

Potassium 40mg1%

Carbohydrates 76g25%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 51g57%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 25IU1%

Vitamin C 0.02mg0%

Calcium 29mg3%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Keyword diwali recipes, Instant Okkarai Recipe

Diwali Okkarai Recipe Step by Step

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Take all your ingredients

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First start by Heating water in a saucepan

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bring it to boil

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add jaggery in this

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and mix well

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let it sit till ready to use

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heat 1 tsp of ghee

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add rice flour

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and start roasting

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roast till light golden

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remove to a bowl

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heat 1 tsp of ghee

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add moong dal

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till light golden

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cover and simmer

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till the dal is cooked

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There should be little water remaining in this

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sieve the jaggery water

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can you see how much dirt is there in the jaggery..

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bring it to a boil

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add rice flour

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and mix well

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and mix well

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grease a pan with ghee

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empty the mixture in this and let it set for 15 mins

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Invert it to a plate

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and cut into pieces

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You can add some cashews too