Jackfruit with Coconut (Chakka Peera)

Ingredients for Jackfruit with Coconut (Chakka Peera):

1. Scrapped coconut – 1 cup

    Chilli powder – 1 small spoon

    Turmeric powder – ¼ small spoon

    Cumin seeds – ½ small spoon

2. Raw jackfruit cleaned and cut into lengthy pieces – 2 cups

    Salt – For taste

    Shallots chopped – 1 cup

    Ginger chopped thin lengthwise – 1 big spoon

    Garlic chopped thin lengthwise – 1 big spoon

    Green chillies – 5, sliced lengthwise

    Bilimbi (Irumban puli) chopped lengthwise – ½ cup

    Coconut oil – 1.5 big spoons

How to prepare Jackfruit with Coconut (Chakka Peera)?

1. Mix together ingredients no: 1 and blend it in mixer for Peera.

2. Manually crush ingredients no: 2 and squash it well.

3. Add these ingredients to coconut peera and mix well.

4. Sprinkle a little water to this mixture.

5. Cook in low flame with closed lid.

Note: Never overcook it. If so, it will turn mushy.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine May 15 – 31, 2019

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