A shop in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district is famous for its karupatti sweets. What sets it apart is that the sweets are served in palm leaves. The shop is situated in Sivakasi. The sweets and their packaging are popular among the people. It is packed in a box made of palm leaf, making it a famous attraction for customers.
As per reports, the sweet dish is made up of three types of syrups. It is known by different names in other parts of the district like Sugar Candy, serani candy and ladder candy. It tastes similar to the Tirunelveli halwa. The palm leaf-wrapped karupatti is called Olaikkotan. The sweets are prepared in bulk here, as it is one of the most popular desserts in the district.
Karupatti sweet is made up of rice and jaggery. It can be easily prepared at home too. Let’s take a look at the mouth-watering recipe of the sweet.
Ingredients:
The ingredients you need to make the karupatti sweet include 1 cup of rice, ¼ whole urad dal, oil, karupatti or palm jaggery, cardamom powder, dry ginger powder and water.
Process:
After thoroughly rinsing the rice and dal for three hours, soak them in a bowl. After that, drain the water, and put it in a blender. Make sure not to add too much water, so that the paste remains thick and smooth. To make the palm jaggery syrup, take a pan – add palm jaggery and water to it. Heat the pan, and mix it well till the palm jaggery is melted properly. Strain the mix, then add back to the pan, and bring it to boil for 6 to 8 minutes, until it gets syrupy and thick. Add the ginger and dry cardamom powder mix. The syrup is to be kept warm.
Finally, heat the oil, take the karupatti sweet mix in a piping bag and deep fry it by making round designs on the oil. Remember to fry it from each side, so that it gets crispy. After draining the oil, dip it in the warm syrup and serve.
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