Sharkaravaratti

Sharkaravaratti / Sharkara Upperi is a jaggery coated thick nendran banana chips.Sharkaravaratti /Sharkara Upperi is one of the popular sweet dish of Kerala ona sadhya .

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Sharkaravarati / Jaggery coated Sharkara Upperi.

Ingredients:-

Raw Nendran banana.- 2
Jaggery grated.           -3/4 cup
Cardamom powder.    -3/4 tsp
Dry ginger powder.    -2tsp
Cumin seeds.             -2tsp
Coconut oil.  - for deep frying

Instructions:-

1). Remove the outer skin of the raw nendran bananas. Chop the raw bananas into two halves lengthwise.Then again chop the banana halves into quarter inch thick slices.

2). Roast cumin seeds on low flame till nice aroma comes out and grind to a fine powder.Mix the ground cumin powder with dry ginger powder.Keep aside the dry ginger powder cumin powder mixture.

Method:-

1). Heat coconut oil in a deep frying kadai. Add the chopped thick raw nendran banana slices in hot oil and deep fry them on medium flame till crisp.

2). Remove the deep fried thick and crispy banana chips from oil with a slotted spoon and keep aside on a plate.

3). Melt grated jaggery in a small vessel adding 1/4 cup of water. Strain the melted jaggery syrup to remove the impurities.In a wide bottom pan add the strained jaggery syrup and boil on medium flame until it becomes one string consistency. Switch off the flame and add cardamom powder and mix well.

4). Add the deep fried thick banana chips into the melted jaggery in the pan and stir well with a flat spatula until the jaggery nicely coated with the thick and crispy banana chips.

5). Lastly sprinkle dry ginger powder cumin powder mixture over the jaggery coated thick banana chips and toss well.Sharkaravaratti /Jaggery coated Sharkara Upperi are ready. Once cooled store the sharkaravaratti in airtight contaiiner.

Note:-

To check one string consistency of the jaggery syrup.

Take little melted jaggery syrup and keep it in between your thumb and forefinger and press it together and gently pull apart, the jaggery syrup forms a thin string without breaking.This stage is called one string consistency.