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Sarkara Varatti Recipe | Sharkara Upperi Recipe

Posted on September 9, 2019 Category: Easy Indian Sweet Recipes, Indian Festival Recipes, Onam Recipes

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Sharkara Upperi Recipe / Sarkara Varatti Recipe with step by step pics and a lot of tips. This is a traditional dish prepared throughout Kerala during the Onam festival. It is prepared using Nendran variety banana, jaggery, jeera powder and dry ginger powder, however, you can use regular raw banana also. The flavour of the coconut oil, dry ginger powder and the taste of the jaggery compliments with each other. If you are on fasting / vrat, replace nendran banana with regular raw banana.  

Check my other Onam Recipes like

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Kerala Sharkara Upperi Recipe

Kerala Sharkara Upperi Recipe

 

Sharkara Upperi Recipe

Sarkara Varatti Recipe | Sharkara Upperi Recipe

Priya Santhamohan
Sharkara Upperi Recipe / Sarkara Varatti Recipe is a traditional dish prepared during the Onam festival. It is prepared using Nendran variety banana, jaggery, jeera powder and dry ginger powder.
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Festival Recipes, Onam/Sadhya Recipes, Sweet
Cuisine Kerala, Indian
Servings 2 Cups
Calories

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Nos Sweet Nendran Banana
  • ½ Cup Jaggery
  • ¼ Cup Water
  • 3 Pods Cardamom
  • ½ tsp Dry Ginger Powder / Sukku
  • ½ tsp Jeera Powder
  • 3 tbsp Rice Flour
  • Oil For Deep Frying

Instructions
 

  • Soak jaggery in 1/4 cup of warm water and then measure and keep all the ingredients ready. Peel the skin of nendran banana, rinse well and chop it into bite-sized pieces. Wipe it with a kitchen towel, so there is no moisture.
  • Heat oil in a pan / kadai, add the chopped banana and fry on both sides till the shhhh sound ceases (fry till really crispy when you hit the sides of the pan with the fried banana, it should make a sound). Drain it in a tissue paper and keep aside.
  • Heat the jaggery till bubbles appear and it becomes thick like honey (no one string consistency is required). Filter it to another pan.
  • Add the cardamom pods, jeera powder and dry ginger powder.
  • Switch off the flame, add the fried banana and mix for 2 minutes till the jaggery syrup is absorbed.  Dry roast the rice flour in another pan without changing the colour.
  • Add the roasted flour to the banana and toss it well.
    Do try this Sharkara Upperi Recipe for this upcoming Onam festival.

Notes

Tips for Sarkara Varatti Recipe

  1. I used sweet variety raw banana (nendran), you can use regular raw banana too.
  2. Don't slice it like chips, this Sarkara Varatti should be medium thick.
  3. Keep the sliced banana immersed in water till use to avoid decolouration.
  4. Fry the banana in medium flame till full crispy (when you hit the sides of the pan with the fried banana, it should make a sound).
  5. You can even double fry the banana, ensure the banana is not soggy after frying.
  6. Use very little water (as mentioned) for filtering jaggery, else it becomes a mess when the fried banana is added.
  7. Always filter the jaggery and use, to remove the impurities.
  8. Just heat the jaggery till it becomes thick like honey, no 1 string consistency is needed.
  9. Don't skip jeera and dry ginger powder as it lends a nice flavour and helps in digestion too.
  10. Always dry roast the rice flour and add to the Sharkara Upperi Recipe, else it smells raw.
Keyword Sarkara Varatti, Sharkara Upperi

 

Sarkara Varatti Recipe

Sarkara Varatti Recipe

Method for Sharkara Upperi Recipe

1. Soak jaggery in 1/4 cup of warm water and then measure and keep all the ingredients ready. Peel the skin of nendran banana, rinse well and chop it into bite-sized pieces. Wipe it with a kitchen towel, so there is no moisture.
Sarkara varatti upperi Recipe Steps1
2. Heat oil in a pan / kadai, add the chopped banana and fry on both sides till the shhhh sound ceases (fry till really crispy when you hit the sides of the pan with the fried banana, it should make a sound). Drain it in a tissue paper and keep aside.
Sharkara Upperi Recipe Steps2
3. Heat the jaggery till bubbles appear and it becomes thick like honey (no one string consistency is required). Filter it to another pan.
Sarkara Varatti Recipe Steps3
4. Add the cardamom pods, jeera powder and dry ginger powder.

Kerala Sarkara Upperi Steps4
5. Switch off the flame, add the fried banana and mix for 2 minutes till the jaggery syrup is absorbed.  Dry roast the rice flour in another pan without changing the colour.
Banana Sharkara Upperi Steps5
6. Add the roasted flour to the banana and toss it well.
Sakkara Upperi Recipe Steps6

Do try this Sharkara Upperi Recipe for this upcoming Onam festival.

 

Sarkara Varatti

Sarkara Varatti

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