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
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
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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Love this sweet & spicy dish using jackfruit. It looks so delicious & tempting.
Thank you Megala…
This is new to me Never seen or tasted it Interesting recipe. I will try it when I get jackfruit.
I am so in love with this recipe, Niranjana. Bless you for posting these traditional recipes.
Thank you Aruna. I learnt this from my paati.
Thank you Aruna. I learnt this recipe for my Paati.
This Chakka Puzhukku is very new to me. Since I love jackfruit, I’m sure I’ll love this. Would love to try this out next summer. 🙂
There’s no spice added to the dish except for the dried red chilli used in the tempering?
Thank you Priya. Yes we use red chilli only for tempering and no spice is added.
A new recipe for me but must say Chakka Puzhukku looks very inviting. I’ve yet to try cooking with jackfruit.
Thank you and yes these traditional recipes are fading away. This is a popular recipe from Palakkad.
I have yet to try my hands with cooking jackfruit. Your jackfruit dish with jaggery, coconut and flavorful tempering sounds so tempting ! Recipes from geanparents are so close to our heart , isn’t it ?
Do try, Poonam.. This is one of the traditional recipes of Palakkad. Unfortunately this dish is forgotten in many families. Apart from aviyal, plan there are so many traditional recipes and I am lucky to learn from grandmom. She taught me this recipe few months back to publish in a magazine. And it is always close to my heart.
A completed new and a different recipe to me. I love jackfruit so much that I just eat it as is. Would love to give this a try.
Thank you Renu. Do try and let me know
A new and very interesting recipe to me, never seen or tasted it. I loved this sweet and spicy traditional recipe. thanks for sharing it Niranjana!!
Thank you Jolly
Every Palakkad Iyer’s love is Jackfruit and i am no exception. My mouth waters at the sight of Puzhukku. Loved it, always have. This recipe is a treasure Niranjana. Curious – What did you pair this with? Would love to know.
Usually it is taken with Kerala kanji, Vidya
Oh that’s soothing!
So nice to see the semiripe jackfruit being used. this was my request when I was small to amma, whenever she made chakka puzhukku. seriously missing the jackfruits more now
Nice to know that Seema and thank you
Interesting recipe. Love to try..
Thank you Ankita
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