Mild unripe jack fruit kernel curry

 Mild Unripe Jack fruit kernel curry

Jack fruit is delicious with a very pleasant aroma. Ripe fruit has a high sugar content. It is a distant cousin of durian but tasted very differently. It is found all over the world. A mature tree yields very generously. It survives dry spells. Not all are familiar with using unripe jack fruit in cooking. Therefore I am preparing an Asian curry with the kernel of the fruit. The seeds are also edible and very tasty. You can fry, roast, burn it in direct flame or make into curry. The seed from a ripe fruit will be hard when fried. If you fry the  seed after boiling it with little chilly powder and salt, it will be very soft and tasty. You can see my recipe Tempting soft and spicy fried jackfruit seeds.

                                       Recipe summary
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                              Mild unripe kernel curry

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves: 4

Jackfruit

                 

            
1. In a pan heat 2 tablespoon of oil.

2. Add dry chili, cumin seeds and, fennel seeds and fry for 10 seconds.

.3 Add chili pieces, ginger,garlic, curry leaves, and fry for 5 minutes.

 Mild Unripe Jack
 fruit kernel curry

4. Add onion and fry for 10 minutes.

5. Add jack fruit kernel slices, chili powder, pepper powder, salt and turmeric powder.

6. Add water and bring to the boil in high heat.

Ingredients

7. Add garam masala.

Unripe jack fruit
 kernels with seeds

8. Reduce the heat to medium low, cover and let it simmer for 15 minutes.

9. Add coconut milk and cook for 3 minutes uncovered.

Jackfruit seeds and long beans curry is ready.

                                  

                     Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

Main

350 grams jack fruit kernel

Others

I onion

1 green chili sliced into small pieces

5 garlic cloves made into paste

7 grams ginger  made into paste

You can grind ginger and garlic together into a paste. You can make this paste in bulk and store in the refrigerator after adding sesame oil to cover the paste. Ginger garlic paste is also available in the stores.

10 curry leaves

¼ cup coconut milk

½ tsp salt

2 cups water

2 tbsp vegetable oil of your choice

Spices

½ tsp cumin seeds

½ tsp fennel seeds

1 dry chili, broken into two

1 tsp chili powder

½ tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp pepper powder

                                     

Ingredients for Mild unripe jack fruit kernel curry

              
Preparation

If you bought a whole fruit, you will have to cut the fruit into two halves and separate out the kernel from the fruit. You will find 
pre-prepared kernels in packets in the markets.

Unripe jack fruit kernels with seeds

Remove the seeds. There is a transparent thin coat between the yellow fleshy part and the seed. Peel and remove it. slice the kernel into bite size pieces. cut the seeds small into bite size pieces.

The inner transparent coat 

Method

In a large pan heat 2 tablespoon of oil. When the oil is hot reduce the heat to low and add dry chili, cumin seeds and, fennel seeds and fry for 10 seconds.

Add chili pieces, ginger,garlic, curry leaves, and fry for 5 minutes, stirring frequently to ensure that they do not get burnt.

Add chili pieces, ginger,garlic, curry leaves

Then add onion and fry for 10 minutes.

Add onion 

Add jack fruit kernel slices, chili powder, pepper powder and turmeric powder.

Add jack fruit kernel slices, chili powder, pepper powder and turmeric powder.

Mix well with spices.

                               kernels mixed with spices


Add water and bring to boil in high heat.

Adding water

Add garam masala.

Reduce the heat to medium low, cover and let it simmer for 15 minutes.

Simmering

Add coconut milk and cook for 3 minutes uncovered.

Add coconut milk 

Taste for seasoning and adjust. The curry is ready. Serve with rice or bread while warm. This is really a very delicious curry. I hope you will try it.