Palakkai (Baby Jackfruit) Podimas

Baby jackfruit tastes nice when cooked with spices. Tender or young or baby jackfruit is called as Palakkai in Tamil and as Katahal in Hindi.

Here I have prepared Palakkai (Baby Jackfruit) Podimas. It is a simple dish to prepare. With all freshly added spices this tastes different and nice. Cleaning and cutting baby jackfruit is a little messy process.

Cooking time: 20 minutes other than cleaning and chopping baby jackfruit.

Ingredients

• Cleaned, cut and boiled baby jackfruit – 2 cups approximately
• Grated coconut – 1 to 2 table spoon
• Turmeric – pinch
• Salt – as per taste
• To dry roast and grind
  • Coriander seeds – 1 tea spoon
  • Bengal gram – 1 tea spoon
  • Red chilli – 2 no (as per your taste)
  • Aniseed – ½ tea spoon
  • Poppy seeds – ½ tea spoon
  • Cinnamon – 2 small pieces
  • Cloves – 2 no
• For seasoning
  • Mustard – ½ tea spoon
  • Urad dal – ½ tea spoon
  • Green chilli chopped – 1 no
  • Ginger chopped – ½ tea spoon
  • Onion chopped – 1 small
  • Curry leaves – few
  • Oil – 1 tea spoon

Method

• Mash boiled baby jackfruit partially; dry grind coarsely the items given for grinding.

• Now do the seasoning in a pan and fry well chopped onion, ginger, green chilli; add salt, turmeric powder and fry; add mashed jackfruit, mix well and fry for few seconds.

• Now add grated coconut, dry ground powder and mix well; stir for few seconds.

• Now jackfruit podimas is ready. Serve with rice or chappati.