The main ingredients of chakka prathaman are chakka varattiyathu and jaggery. Chakka varattiyathu is made by cooking finely chopped pieces of Chakka Chula (the edible yellow part of jackfruit) with ghee and jaggery (or sugar) at a high temperature until it becomes paste-like.
The recipe for chakka prathaman involves cooking finely chopped jackfruit pieces with ghee and sugar until they become a paste-like consistency, which is then used as the base for the dish.