Sharkarapuratti (), also called sharkara varatti and sharkara upperi, is a sweet snack from Kerala, India, made by coating deep-fried pieces of plantain in melted jaggery (sharkara). It is one of the snacks of the Onam sadhya, the festival feast of Kerala.
Preparation Raw plantains are peeled, cut into pieces and deep-fried until crisp. Jaggery is melted and boiled down to a thick syrup, and the fried pieces are stirred through it until they are coated and the syrup sets. Dry ginger, cumin and cardamom go in for flavour, and a little roasted rice flour is dusted over the pieces so the coating does not stay sticky. Unlike ordinary salted banana chips, sharkarapuratti is coated in jaggery and eaten as a sweet.
Sadhya Sharkarapuratti is one of the fried snacks served at the sadhya, the banana-leaf feast of Onam. Because the jaggery coating sets hard once it cools, the pieces keep for several days in an airtight container.
See also Banana chips Kerala cuisine
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