Chakka Pradhaman Recipe

Chakka Pradhaman Recipe

Ingredients:

Jackfruit / Chakka - 4 cups chopped
Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 3/4 cup
Jaggery / Sarkarai- 2 cups grated

Thick Coconut Milk - 2 cups

Water - 3 cups + more as needed
Cardamom Powder / Yelakai Podi - 1 tsp
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Cashews a handful
Coconut - 2 tblspn finely chopped
Kishmish / Sultanas a handful

Method:

Take jack fruit, chana dal and water in a pressure cooker. Cover and pressure cook for 4 whistle. Simmer for 10 mins. Switch off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and mash it well.

Add in jaggery and keep cooking it and keep stiring till it get thick and dark.

Now add in coconut milk and mix well. Simmer it for 2 mins and turn off the heat. You can more water as needed

Now heat ghee in a pan and add in cashews and roast till golden. Add in coconut and roast till nicely toasted. Add in raisans and fry them..

Pour this into the payasam and mix well.

Serve.

Pictorial:

Take chopped jack fruit in a pressure cooker

add in chana dal

cover with water

cook them

mash lightly

add in jaggery

mix well

keep cooking this till it gets thick

look how dark the colour has become

keep cooking

it will get even thicker like a jam

now add in coconut milk..if u need add more water

add in cardamom 

mix well and take it off heat

heat ghee in a pan

Add in cashews

fry till golden

add in coconut and fry till it gets toasty

add in kishmish

fry for few more mins

now it is done

pour into the payasam

mix well

Done

Serve