Jackfruit / Chakka Puzhukku is a traditional dish from Kerala prepared with raw jackfruit and with some fresh spices. Puzhukku is a popular dish in Kerala and it is made with different vegetables like Tapioca, Jackfruit, Green gram, etc., Here I have made the puzhukku with jackfruit. The jackfruit should be half ripened for this recipe to get the best taste. Fully ripened jackfruit will not give the original taste. Chakka / Jackfruit Puzhukku is usually served with Kerala style porridge and mango pickle.  I made this recipe for publishing in a Tamil Magazine and keeping in mind about the A to Z recipe Challenge, I was holding this recipe to post for the letter J. This recipe is from my grandmom. This post is a dedication for my dear paati.

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Jackfruit Puzhukku / Chakka Puzhukku

Niranjana Sankaranarayanan

Puzhukku is a popular dish in Kerala and it can be made with different vegetables like Tapioca, Jackfruit, Green gram, etc., Here I have made the puzhukku with jackfruit. The jackfruit should be half ripened for this recipe to get the best taste. If it is ripened fully, then the original taste cannot be achieved. This is usually served with Kerala style porridge and mango pickle.  

Other recipes with Jackfruit

Jackfruit preserve

Pansache Dhonas- Goan Jackfruit cake

Idichakka upperi

Chakka kottai podimas

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Servings 4

Equipment

• Pressure cooker
• Pan

Ingredients

  

• 10 Nos Half ripened jackfruit
• 1 cup Shredded coconut
• few Curry leaves
• 3 Nos Red chillies
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 2 tsp Jaggery
• As req Salt

For Tempering

• 2 tsp Coconut oil
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tsp Urad dhal

Instructions

 

• Take half ripened jackfruit and remove the seeds.
• Chop all the jackfruit into thin strips or legthwise.
• Transfer the chopped jackfruit into a vessel, add turmeric powder, salt, jaggery and water.
• Pressure cook the jackfruit.
• Now transfer the cooked jackfruit into a heavy bottomed vessel and mash it well.
• Allow it to boil to get rid of the water.
• Meanwhile in a small kadai add coconut oil, splutter mustard seeds.
• Once they crack, add urad dhal, saute until it turn golden brown in colour.
• Add it into the mashed jackfruit. Also add some fresh curry leaves into it.
• Once the puzhukku thickens and is devoid of water, add the shredded coconut and mix well.
• Chakka puzhukku or Jackfruit puzhukku is ready.
• Serve it with kerala porridge or mango pickle.

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Notes

The Jackfruit should be half ripened. It should not be ripened fully for this recipe.

Keyword Chakka Puzhukku, Jackfruit Puzhukku, Kerala cuisine, Kootu, Puzhukku

INSTRUCTIONS

• Take half ripened jackfruit and remove the seeds.
• Chop all the jackfruit into thin strips or legthwise. S

• Transfer the chopped jackfruit into a vessel, add turmeric powder, salt, jaggery and water.

• Pressure cook the jackfruit.

• Now transfer the cooked jackfruit into a heavy bottomed vessel and mash it well.
• Allow it to boil to get rid of the water.

• Meanwhile in a small kadai add coconut oil, splutter mustard seeds. Once they crack, add urad dhal, saute until it turn golden brown in colour.

• Add it into the mashed jackfruit. Also add some fresh curry leaves into it.
• Once the puzhukku thickens and is devoid of water, add the shredded coconut and mix well.

• Chakka puzhukku or Jackfruit puzhukku is ready.

• Serve it with kerala porridge or mango pickle.

This recipe is a part of A to Z challenge, a challenge initiated by bloggers Jolly Makkar and Vidya Narayan on Facebook Group, wherein a group of bloggers come together and we choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every alternate month. This month alphabet is ‘J’, so my contribution for this month is Jackfruit Puzhukku. 

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