What it tastes like
Dense banana crunch, sticky jaggery sweetness, then warm ginger and cardamom with a pinch of salt.
MeenGurry Memories · India
Sharkara Varatti (Jaggery Banana Chips)
Kerala's festive sharkara varatti: thick banana chips fried in coconut oil, then glazed in spiced jaggery.
₹235
Available in India
- Type
- Snack · 150 g
- Origin
- India
- Rarity
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4/5
Rare: small-batch, regional or few stockists How we score
Rarity is our editors’ score for how hard something is to find in the US and how unusual it is to make: availability (supermarket, specialty shop or maker only), production (small-batch, seasonal, foraged) and how unusual the ingredient or method is.
- 1 Familiar twist: easy to find, unusual flavour
- 2 Specialty: good grocers and online
- 3 Uncommon: mostly from the maker or specialty shops
- 4 Rare: small-batch, regional or few stockists
- 5 Very rare: tiny batches, foraged or one of a kind
Why it’s rare
A Kerala feast snack (served at Onam sadya) rarely sold outside the state, coated in jaggery with dry ginger, cumin and cardamom.
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