Chakkai puli pachadi (Jackfruit pachadi)

This is the jack fruit season.And you can try out a lot of recipes with ripe jack fruit. Here is one such recipe which is a traditional one .This is an excellent side dish for rice and molagootal.

Cleaning the jack fruit is a tedious process.Apply oil in your fingers to ease the process.But nowadays you get the jack fruit pieces in ready made packets .You can use that too.

This recipe serves two.

Ingredients:

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• Jack fruit slices - 7 to 8 whole pieces.
• turmeric powder - a pinch
• jaggery - as per the sweetness of jack fruit.(if the fruit is so sweet,this can be skipped)
• salt - to taste
• red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• oil - 1 tsp
• mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• curry leaves - a sprig
• split urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• hing - a pinch
• tamarind extract - extracted from a lemon sized tamarind

To be ground into a coarse paste with little water:

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• shredded coconut - 1 tbsp
• green chillies - 3
• mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

method:

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• Remove the seeds of jack fruit and cut the outer part into slices.(Do not throw away the seeds.You can replace veggies in molagootal with the jack fruit seeds)
• Add the chopped slices in tamarind extract along with turmeric powder and red chilli powder.
• If the jack fruit is not so sweet,add jaggery too along with the slices.
• Cook covered till the slices become tender.
• Add salt and the ground paste into it.
• Mix well and cook for 2 min.
• Temper with mustard seeds,hing,urad dal and curry leaves.

Serve with molagootal and rice.