Sakkare Achhu (Karnataka Sankranti Sugar Figurines)
Karnataka Sankranti festival item — sugar cooked to thread consistency, poured into wooden molds (achhu) and cooled into ornamental edible figurines (peacock, baby, lotus, etc.). Exchanged as Sankranti gifts.
Ingredients
- Curd — 1 tbsp (whole)
- sugar — 1 cup (whole)
- Milk — 2 tbsp (whole)
- Water — 0.5 cup (whole)
Method
- To prepare Sakkare Achhu Recipe (Festive Sugar Figurines), soak the wooden moulds in water overnight or 5-6 hours .Later, join the pairing moulds and hold them together firmly using rubber bands.
- Keep all the moulds ready before you start making the sugar syrup.
- If you are using silicone moulds .. skip the first 2 steps.Soak 1 cup of sugar in 1/2 cup water for 2-3 hours.Mix well and keep the sugar solution on medium flame in a saucepan and bring it to a gentle boil.When the the sugar solution has started boiling.
- Add 2 tablespoons of milk and mix.
- Bring to a boil.Sieve sugar syrup using a muslin cloth over another vessel .Place the strained sugar syrup back to flame in saucepan.
- When it is about to boil, add a tablespoon of curd.
- You can add food colour at this stage if you like.
- You will observe that the sugar syrup has started to thicken and a thick frothing starts.Simmer to settle the frothing, (or you can take off the saucepan from heat).
- Keep stirring at all times while syrup is on flame.
- Check when the frothing settles down, the syrup will be transparent.
- Place it back on heat and bring to boil.Do it a couple more times (may take up to 5-6 times), till you see a translucent liquid, which is the right consistency to prepare sakkare achhu.Pour hot sugar syrup into the prepared moulds quickly.
- Tap in between so that sugar syrup gets distributed evenly and no air bubble is trapped within.Allow the syrup to set and solidify in the mold for 10-15minutes.Remove the rubber bands and gently open the wooden moulds.
- Take a pin/ knife/tooth pick gently separate the achhus from the molds.Sundry for 1-2 hours and store them in an airtight container.
- These stay good for months.Serve Sakkare Achhu Recipe as an occasional dessert.
Common questions
- What is ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಅಚ್ಚು (ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗಳು) in English?
- ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಅಚ್ಚು (ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗಳು) is written Sakkare Achhu (Karnataka Sankranti Sugar Figurines) in English.
- How many calories in one plate of Sakkare Achhu (Karnataka Sankranti Sugar Figurines)?
- 68 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 50 min — 20 min prep, 30 min cooking.