Palakkai (Baby Jackfruit) Podimas

by Kamala on February 8, 2010

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.