Full Description
About Jack-fruit
The jackfruit is a multiple fruit composed of 100-1000 of individual flowers, and the fleshy petals of the unripe fruit are eaten It is ellipsoidal and aggregate, composed of multiple bulbs of seed-containing flesh around a stringy core, all of which is enclosed by a bumpy rind.
Benefits
The natural chemicals in jackfruit may help prevent these sores from forming inside your stomach. The high amounts of vitamin C in jackfruit may help protect your skin from sun damage.
Nutritive value/Benefits
Calories: 157
Fat: 2 grams
Carbs: 38 grams
Protein: 3 grams
Calcium: 40 milligrams
Storage & uses
The seeds of the fruit are edible and have a milky, sweet taste similar to Brazil nuts, they are boiled, baked, roasted, or made into delicious fries and traditional lentil and vegetable curries.
Shelf-life
cut fruits- 4hrs, whole fruit at room temperature- 3 days
Storage tips
Once a jackfruit's ripe, it will turn brown and go bad quickly. To keep fresh, store it in the refrigerator. Cut Jackfruit will last 4 Hours &in refrigerator up to 1week.
Storage temperature
13 degree Celsius at 85-90% RH
Jack-Fruit Curry
Ingredients
For Pressure Cooking Jackfruit
250 grams unripe jackfruit (kathal)
1 to 2 pinches of turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
water as required, for pressure cooking jackfruit
For Onion Paste
80 grams onion or 1 large onion or 3/4 cup chopped onions
1 to 2 tablespoons water – optional and if required while grinding onions
For Tomato Masala Paste
1 large tomatoes or 160 grams tomatoes or 3/4 cup chopped tomatoes
1 inch ginger or 2 teaspoons roughly chopped ginger
8 to 10 small garlic or 2 teaspoons roughly chopped garlic
1 tablespoon mint leaves
2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves (cilantro leaves)
For Jackfruit Curry
2 tablespoons oil or ghee
1/2 teaspoon shah jeera (caraway seeds)
1.5 inches cinnamon
4 green cardamoms
4 cloves
1 black cardamom
1 small to medium tej patta (indian bay leaf)
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder
1 teaspoon coriander powder (ground coriander)
3 tablespoons beaten full fat curd
1.25 cups water or add as required
1/2 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves (cilantro leaves)
salt as required
Method
Apply oil on your palms, knife and chopping board. Rinse the peeled jackfruit. Then chop the jackfruit and remove the seeds. Generally I get the peel removed from the vegetable vendor. In case the peel is not removed, then you will have to slice off the peels. If using chopped jackfruit already brought from outside, then rinse them in water.
Add the jackfruit pieces in a pressure cooker. While chopping jackfruit, you can remove the seeds if you want or add them in the dish.
Then add 1 to 2 pinches of turmeric powder and ¼ teaspoon salt.
Add enough water which just about cover the jackfruit pieces.
Pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles or for 8 to 9 minutes on medium flame.
Once the pressure settles down, then remove the lid. Drain all the water and keep the cooked jackfruit aside.
Preparing Onion Paste
Meanwhile when the jackfruit is being pressure cooked, you can prep for the gravy. Add ¾ cup chopped onions in a grinder jar.
Grind to a smooth paste without adding any water. Remove and keep aside in a bowl.
Preparing Tomato Paste
In the same jar, then add ¾ cup chopped tomatoes. Also add 2 teaspoons roughly chopped ginger, 2 teaspoons roughly chopped garlic, 1 tablespoon mint leaves and 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves.
Grind to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
Making Jackfruit Curry
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan or kadai.
Then add the following spices and let them crackle – ½ teaspoon shah jeera, 1.5 inch cinnamon, 4 green cardamoms, 4 cloves, 1 black cardamom and 1 small to medium tej patta. You can slightly crush the green cardamoms before adding.
Next add the ground onion paste. Be careful as the mixture splutters. If the onion paste splutters too much, then cover the pan partly with a lid till the spluttering stops.
Mix very well.
On a low to medium-low flame, stirring often sauté the onion paste till it becomes light golden in color. You can even sauté till it becomes golden.
Then the tomato paste. Be careful as the mixture splutters.
Mix very well.
Sauté the masala till you see oil releasing from its sides. Sauté on a low to medium-flame and stir often.
Then add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder and 1 teaspoon coriander powder.
Mix very well. sauté for a minute.
Keep the flame to a low or you can even switch off the flame. Then add 3 tablespoons beaten full fat curd.
As soon as you add curd, Quickly and briskly mix it very well with the onion-tomato masala.
Now sauté on a low to medium-low flame, till you see oil releasing from the sides.
Cooking Jackfruit Curry
Then add 1.25 cups water. mix very well. season with salt as per taste.
Bring the curry to a simmer. You can add less or more water as per your requirements.
Once the curry starts simmering and you see some oil specks on top, then add the cooked jackfruit. Mix well.
Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 8 to 9 minutes.
Later, sprinkle ½ teaspoon garam masala powder. Mix well.
Switch off the flame and add 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves. Mix again.
Serve jackfruit curry with steamed rice or chapatis.