This is one of the ways my mother cooks jackfruit seeds.

It is difficult to cut up fresh, ripe jackfruit. When you keep it for 2 to 3 days, it becomes easier to chop and peel the outer layers and remove the fruit. As you pull out each of the sweet and ripe yellow fruit, cut a slit and remove the seed inside and collect in a separate bowl.

Palakkottai curry

Time taken: 20 – 30 mins

Serves 3

Ingredients:

• Palakkotai (Jackfruit seeds) – 1 cup
• Coconut milk – 2 ½ cups (thin consistency)
• Onion – ½ chopped
• Curry leaves
• Curry powder – 1 tsp
• Salt, to taste

Method:

1. Wash and clean the jackfruit seeds.
2. Put the cleaned jackfruit seeds in a pan and add 2 ½ cups of thin coconut milk. Also add the chopped onion, curry leaves and the curry powder and salt.
3. Cook for about 20 minutes until the curry thickens and the seeds are cooked and soft enough.
4. Serve with rice or pittu.

Recipe source: Raji Thillainathan.