Sakkare Achhu Recipe (Festive Sugar Figurines)
Sakkare Achhu Recipe is a Festive Sugar Candy that is prepared specially during Sankranti to distribute among the kith and kin. These candies are melt in mouth, sugary sweet that is made out of purified sugar syrup moulded in wooden moulds to make the sugar figurines. Make sure you get nice traditional wooden acchu-moulds. If you do not have one, you can also do this recipe on silicon moulds. Sakkare achhu is traditionally distributed with sugar cane and ellu bella on Sankranti festival. You can serve Sakkare Achhu Recipe as an occasional dessert.
Ingredients
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1 cup Sugar
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1/2 cup Water
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2 tablespoons Milk
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1 tablespoon Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)
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1 pinch Food Color
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(optional only)
Instructions
Step 1
To prepare Sakkare Achhu Recipe (Festive Sugar Figurines), soak the wooden moulds in water overnight or 5-6 hours
Step 2
Later, join the pairing moulds and hold them together firmly using rubber bands
Step 3
Keep all the moulds ready before you start making the sugar syrup
Step 4
If you are using silicone moulds
Step 6
skip the first 2 steps
Step 7
Soak 1 cup of sugar in 1/2 cup water for 2-3 hours
Step 8
Mix well and keep the sugar solution on medium flame in a saucepan and bring it to a gentle boil
Step 9
When the the sugar solution has started boiling
Step 10
Add 2 tablespoons of milk and mix
Step 11
Bring to a boil
Step 12
Sieve sugar syrup using a muslin cloth over another vessel
Step 13
Place the strained sugar syrup back to flame in saucepan
Step 14
When it is about to boil, add a tablespoon of curd
Step 15
Mix
Step 16
Bring to boil
Step 17
You can add food colour at this stage if you like
Step 18
You will observe that the sugar syrup has started to thicken and a thick frothing starts
Step 19
Simmer to settle the frothing, (or you can take off the saucepan from heat)
Step 20
Keep stirring at all times while syrup is on flame
Step 21
Check when the frothing settles down, the syrup will be transparent
Step 22
Place it back on heat and bring to boil
Step 23
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
Step 24
Pour hot sugar syrup into the prepared moulds quickly
Step 25
Tap in between so that sugar syrup gets distributed evenly and no air bubble is trapped within
Step 26
Allow the syrup to set and solidify in the mold for 10-15minutes
Step 27
Remove the rubber bands and gently open the wooden moulds
Step 28
Take a pin/ knife/tooth pick gently separate the achhus from the molds
Step 29
Sundry for 1-2 hours and store them in an airtight container
Step 30
These stay good for months
Step 31
Serve Sakkare Achhu Recipe as an occasional dessert