Jackfruit Curry » Dassana’s Veg Recipes

Uncooked or ripe jackfruit? I’d all the time select uncooked jackfruit over the ripe model of this fruit. As a result of uncooked jackfruit or ‘kathal’ as we name within the Hindi language, makes for an incredible ingredient to make curries, dry sabzis and wonderful pickles too. Lately, it’s a sizzling favourite of newly turned vegans or vegetarians too, because it appears and provides an identical mouthfeel as meats. Thus, in style as vegan meat too. This homestyle Jackfruit Curry is likely one of the all-time favourite curry recipes at my house.

As a result of recipe request for a jackfruit curry, I requested my mother her recipe technique. So the jackfruit curry recipe shared right here comes from my mother. Its a type of curries which have a homely feeling and style.

The fibrous type of uncooked jackfruit or kachcha kathal goes into making this delish curry. Apart from curries or gravies, there are different luxurious recipes with unripe jackfruit like this dry Kathal Ki Sabji and this sturdy and flavorful Kathal Biryani. This biryani is so wonderful that a variety of my non-vegetarian pals additionally favor it over their standard mutton or rooster biryanis.

My mother additionally makes use of the jackfruit seeds within the curry. However you possibly can take away these if you’d like. I take away them and add them to sabzis (stir fried or steamed veggies dishes) or add them to sambar or leafy greens stir fries.

Getting a complete jackfruit, then peeling after which reducing it’s a process. So I ask the veggie vendor to peel the kathal for me. You are able to do the identical.

One of the simplest ways to serve this Jackfruit Curry is with steamed rice. It additionally tastes incredible with chapattis, rotis, phulkas or plain parathas.

Step-by-Step Information

Easy methods to make Jackfruit Curry

1. Apply some oil in your palms, knife and chopping board. Rinse the peeled jackfruit. Then chop the jackfruit and take away the seeds.

Typically I get the peel faraway from the vegetable vendor. In case the peel will not be eliminated, then you’ll have to slice off the peels. 

if utilizing chopped jackfruit already introduced from outdoors, then rinse them in water first. Add the jackfruit items in a stress cooker.

Whereas chopping jackfruit, you possibly can take away the seeds if you’d like or add them within the dish. If utilizing peeled jackfruit, then rinse it in water very properly, earlier than chopping it.

2. Then add 1 to 2 pinches of turmeric powder and ¼ teaspoon salt.

3. Add sufficient water which nearly cowl the jackfruit items. Combine properly.

4. Stress cook dinner for 3 to 4 whistles or for 8 to 9 minutes on medium warmth. As soon as the stress settles down, then solely take away the lid. Drain all of the water and maintain the cooked jackfruit apart.

Making paste

5. In the meantime when the jackfruit is being stress cooked, you possibly can prep for the gravy. Add ¾ cup chopped onions in a grinder jar.

6. Grind to a clean paste with out including any water. Take away and maintain apart in a bowl.

7. In the identical jar, then add ¾ cup chopped tomatoes. Additionally add 2 teaspoons roughly chopped ginger, 2 teaspoons roughly chopped garlic, 1 tablespoon mint leaves and 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves.

8. Grind to a clean paste. Hold apart.

Making Jackfruit Curry

9. Warmth 2 tablespoons oil or ghee in a pan or kadai.

10. Then add the next spices and allow them to crackle – ½ teaspoon shah jeera, 1.5 inches cinnamon, 4 inexperienced cardamoms, 4 cloves, 1 black cardamom and 1 small to medium tej patta (Indian bay leaf).

You’ll be able to barely crush the inexperienced cardamoms earlier than including them.

11. Subsequent add the bottom onion paste. Watch out because the combination splutters. If the onion paste splutters an excessive amount of, then first shortly stir after which cowl the pan partly with a lid until the spluttering stops.

12. Stir and blend very properly.

13. On a low to medium-low warmth, stirring usually saute the onion paste until it turns into gentle golden in coloration. You’ll be able to even saute until it turns into golden.

14. Then add the tomato paste. Watch out because the combination splutters.

15. Stir and blend very properly.

16. Saute the masala until you see oil releasing from its sides. Saute on a low to medium-heat and stir usually.

17. Then add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon Kashmiri purple chilli powder and 1 teaspoon coriander powder.

18. Combine very properly.

19. Saute for a minute.

20. Hold the warmth to a low or you possibly can even swap off the warmth. Then add 3 tablespoons of overwhelmed full fats curd.

21. As quickly as you add curd, shortly and briskly combine it very properly with the onion-tomato masala.

22. Now saute on a low to medium-low warmth, until you see oil releasing from the perimeters.

Cooking Jackfruit Curry

23. Then add 1.25 cups water.

24. Combine very properly.

25. Season with salt as per style.

26. Carry the curry to a simmer. You’ll be able to add much less or extra water as per your necessities.

27. As soon as the curry begins simmering and also you see some oil specks on prime, then add the cooked jackfruit. Combine properly.

28. Cowl the pan with a lid and simmer for 8 to 9 minutes.

29. Take away the lid.

30. Later, sprinkle ½ teaspoon garam masala powder. Combine properly.

31. Swap off the warmth and add 2 tablespoons of chopped coriander leaves. Combine once more.

32. Serve jackfruit curry sizzling or heat with steamed rice or chapatis or paratha.

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This Jackfruit Curry publish from the archives first printed in Could 2017 has been up to date and republished on December 2022.