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Jackfruit calling: Untraditional Jackfruit recipes

Mouthwatering Jackfurit recipes to try this summer.

Jackfruit Rava Idli
Ingredients
1/3 cup Jackfruit flour, 1 cup rava (sooji /semolina), ½ cup curd, 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp gram dal, 1 tsp chopped ginger, 1 tbsp chopped green chilli (optional), oil as required, salt and water as required.

Method

  • Mix rava and jackfruit flour in a bowl, add curd and salt to it.
  • Add some water to form a smooth mixture. Keep it for half an hour.
  • For tempering, take some oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, gram dal, ginger and green chilli.
  • Mix tempering in idli batter.
  • As the batter becomes fluffy, immediately fill it in greased idli moulds. Steam for 10-12 minutes. Take out the idli mould and let it cool then gently remove from the mould.
  • Serve steaming hot with chutney and sambhar.

Jackfruit Upma
Ingredients
¼ cup jackfruit flour, ¾ cup rava (sooji), 1 tsp mustard seeds, 3-4 karipatta leaves, ½ tsp turmeric (optional), 1 tbsp chopped ginger, 1/2 cup onion ½ tbsp chopped green chilli, 2 cups water and salt to taste

Method

  • Heat the frying pan pour some oil in it.
  • Add mustard seeds, once they crackle, add karipatta and gram dal.
  • Add ginger and onion, fry till brown.
  • Once onion gets fried, add green chillies.
  • Add rava and jackfruit flour and roast a little in oil.
  • Add salt and turmeric (optional) to it.
  • Add water and keep stirring till water dries up.
  • Serve the upma with chutney.

— Recipe courtesy Grand Mercure Bangalore.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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