Raw Jackfruit Curry | Palakkai Masala | Kathal ki Sabzi

Cuisine Style: Erode, Tirupur, Coimbatore, South India, North india | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Idli, Dosa, Rice, Chapathi | Type : Gravy, kulambu, curry, masala.

Ingredients

• Raw Jackfruit [Palaakkai Pinju, Baby Jackfruit] - ½
• Shallots – 5
• Garlic – 1 clove
• Dry red chilli – 1
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Coriander leaves – 2 spring [chopped]
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
• Red chilli powder – ¼ tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – ½ tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

Roasting and grinding ingredients

• Shallots [sambar onion] – 10
• Garlic – 4
• Ginger – 1 inch
• Coconut – 2 tbsp [grated]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Dry red chilli – 1
• Cinnamon – ½ inch stick
• Fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
• Heat oil in a pan then add ingredients roast then cool it and coarsely grind.

Method

• Peel the skin of jack fruit and wash, cut into cubes then put in a turmeric added water.
• Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds. Once it’s spluttered then add Bengal gram, urad dal and onion sauté till soft.
• Then add garlic and dry red chilli sauté gently.
• Add curry leaves add jack fruit and red chilli powder mix well then add water cook till soft.
• Then add ground paste and salt mix well & cook till raw smell out.
• Cut off heat then add lemon juice and coriander leaves mix well & serve hot with rice.