Ingredients

• 2 cups - Besan or Gram Flour
• 1 cup - Jaggery or Brown Sugar
• 1 tsp - Cardamom Powder
• 2 tbsp - Ghee or Unsalted Butter
• 2 tbsp - Sesame / Til Oil
• 1/4 cup - Cashew Nut

How to Make Okkarai

• Take a tbsp of ghee or unsalted butter and sesame oil in a pan.
• Add besan to it and roast till it turns reddish.
• Heat jaggery in a cup of water separately. Stir till jaggery completely dissolves in water. This mix should be watery.
• Add cardamom powder to the jaggery water while it boils.
• Add jaggery water to reddish besan, continuously stirring.
• Keep stirring the mix and continue to add ghee-sesame oil from time to time.
• Add cashewnuts to it and continue stirring well.
• When the smell of fresh besan ceases and the aroma of halwa fills the air, it means the okkarai is done.