Name: Therattipal recipe by Anandha Bhagyam at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 cups ricotta cheese; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup jaggery; 1 cup butter; 3 tsp ghee; A pinch of cardamom powder

ABOUT Therattipal RECIPE

Therattipal is a traditional dessert from Tamil Nadu. It's a tradition for the maternal relatives of brides to prepare this for the groom during the wedding. The traditional method takes 3-4 hours but this is an easy way!

Ingredients Serving: 6

2 cups ricotta cheese
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup jaggery
1 cup butter
3 tsp ghee
A pinch of cardamom powder

Instructions

Take a large non-stick pan and add in the butter. Once it starts melting, put in the 2 cups of ricotta cheese.
Keep the flame on medium and cook the cheese for 8-10 minutes. Keep stirring to prevent it sticking to the bottom.
Add sugar and cook for another 7-8 minutes.
Next add the jaggery, at this stage you will observe that the water from the cheese has evaporated and only milk solids are left
Turn the flame off and add the cardamom powder and ghee.

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