By Deepali Verma
July 20, 2023
Experience the rich flavour of jackfruit in a variety of regional Indian recipes. These delicious dishes feature jackfruit in starring roles, from fragrant curries to tempting desserts.
The brown crispy jackfruit fritters are a Mangalorean dish that goes wonderfully with the weather right now, and they only takes a few minutes to prepare.
Panasa pottu kura is a coastal Andhra Pradesh dish. It's the mustard that really sets it apart. It's a staple at events like weddings and house warming parties.
One of Kerala's sweetest treats, ilai adai, consists of sweetened rice packages wrapped in rice flour dough and cooked in banana leaves.
Fresh veggies and jackfruit are stir-fried in the traditional Udupi style. The delicious smell of mustard makes this dish impossible to turn down.
Payasam, or kheer as it is known in the north, is a popular Tamil dessert. It may take over an hour to prepare, but the results are well worth the effort.
Steamed jackfruit rice cake covered in banana leaf, known as kulae puttu, is a traditional Coorg cuisine. Fresh off the flame with lots of ghee or honey brings out its full flavour.
It's a coastal dish from Karnataka, and it's a staple breakfast food. Making these is simple because you can use a banana leaf instead of a steamer basket in your regular idli maker.
The fruit's seeds are edible, too, and can be roasted or boiled to make a tasty snack. Sometimes a curry can be made using the seeds, even turned into Jackfruit bharta.
The Assamese meal Kothal Guti Lau Pat Khar features jackfruit seeds and pumpkin leaves. This one's for the curious home cooks out there who are always looking for new recipes to try.
Unripe jackfruit, which is green in colour, is known as echor in Bengali. This meal is traditionally prepared on Naboborsho, the Bengali New Year, and is an important part of the celebration.
Not only are these options available, but so are others, such as kathal biryani, jackfruit kebabs, and many more. Many vegans are fans of this vegetable.