IDICHAKKA PUZHUKU, TENDER JACKFRUIT SUBZI

Summer started and we get lot of mangoes, jackfruits during this season.  We make pickles out of tender mangoes called vadu mangai and with the matured mangoes also pickles are  made.  Similarly, we make Idichaka thoran with tender jackfruit and puzhuku.  With the jackfruit bulbs also we make puzhku, pulinkari etc.  

Jam is prepared with the ripe jackfruit bulb and chips are made with raw jackfruit.  We had several trees in our house and varieties which I cannot express now as they all were very sweet and tasty.  

During our childhood, we really enjoyed this fruit.   My servant had gone to native place and yesterday she gave me  the tender jackfruit, tamarind etc.   I wanted to make the puzhuku as I realised that I have not posted the puzhuku.  Hence I decided to make the puzhuku with the tender jackfruit which I served along with Phulka.  It tastes very good with rice actually.

It is made with karamani and a simple preparation which goes well withe Chapati, Phulka and rice also.

Let us look at the recipe now:

IDICHAKA PUZHUKU

Time taken: 60 minutes

serves: 2

Ingredients:

150 gms	Tender  jackfruit (after peeling off the skin)
¼ cup	Red chowli, karamani
2	Green chilli
¼ cup	Grated coconut
½ tsp	Cumin seeds
¼ tsp	Turmeric powder
½ tsp	salt
1 tbsp	Jiggery grated

Tempering:

2 tsp	Coconut oil
1 tsp	Mustard seeds
1 tsp	Urid dal
1	Red chilli broken
Few	Curry leaves

Method:

1.       Soak the karamani in water for 1 hour.  If soaked overnight, it is ok.  Cut the jackfruit 

into small pieces.

2.      Put the karamani, jackfruit, turmeric powder, salt in pressure cooker and cook for two whistles.

3.      Cool, remove from cooker and transfer to a kadai.

4.      Grind the coconut, cumin seeds, green chilli  with little water and add to the jackfruit, mix well and bring to boil.  Add the jaggery too.

5.     Temper with the ingredients mentioned under tempering.

How to serve:

Serve hot with phulka, rice

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note:  another method of making this dish is after cooking the jackfruit and karamani with green chilli, add the jaggery, mix well, add grated coconut, curry leaves, 2 tsp coconut oil and mix well and serve.

You can also add few fresh curry leaves while cooking the jackfruit.