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    Home » Recipes » Dry Curries

    Raw jackfruit curry (Unripe/ tender jackfruit recipes)

    April 3, 2012 by Raks Anand 71 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Raw Jackfruit curry (unripe, young) is edible? I never knew that until my MIL cooked once after marriage.

    raw jackfruit dry curry

    I loved it the very first time when she made curry with it. I don’t know any recipes with raw jackfruit other than this, but love it a lot.

    The texture is so different and I love it. The cleaning process is bit messy and tedious. But everything is worth to have this curry.

    My MIL made this curry when I was there in Chennai last week and I clicked to post this recipe here.

    We call the raw jackfruit in tamil as ‘pala mouse’ . We got it fresh from the tree from Karaikudi Mami’s house.

    They also picked a sweetest ripe jackfruit and it was as sweet as honey! We made curry with half of this raw jackfruit and kootu with the other half.

    The unripe jackfruit should be young and tender to make a delicious dish. We do get this cleaned and cut in Singapore. But sure, nothing can beat the backyard garden picked fresh one. 

    The recipe is similar to my raw banana curry, only a little bit different.

    raw jackfruit dry curry

    Method

    1. Before touching the raw jackfruit, spread 2-3 newspapers, grease both your hands with generous sesame oil or use gloves.

    Grease the knife too with oil. This is because when we cut the  veggie, it will leave a sap thing which is so sticky. And it leaves stains as well.

    So prevent the floor, your dress and everything from it. Half the veggie like this.

    Then cut one of the half into big pieces and remove the thorny green skin part as shown. Remove the centre stalk too(thick part) and chop into small pieces.

    palamoose

    2. Keep ready, a bowl of water with buttermilk to immerse the chopped veggie. You can also use the drained water we washed the rice.

    unripe jackfruit

    3. Boil water with salt an turmeric and cook the finely chopped veggie until soft. Will take roughly 10 to 12 minutes. Drain the water and keep aside.

    boil

    4. Meanwhile, grind the ingredients under to grind table with little bit of water,to a fine paste.

    grind

    5. Heat kadai with oil an temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add onions and fry till transparent. Mix the ground paste with the cooked raw jackfruit along with salt.

    fry

    6. Add it to the kadai and fry well. Keep in medium flame to ensure the curry gets roasted evenly and mix now and then. This may take some time. Say 15 minutes.

    ready

    Transfer to the serving bowl and serve as accompaniment for sambar/ rasam/ more kuzhambu. Do try this different veggie, you would love it!

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    Raw jackfruit curry recipe

    Raw Jackfruit curry (unripe, young) is edible? I never knew that until my MIL cooked once after marriage.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Servings 4 people
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ½ Raw jackfruit young, small, tender
    • 1 Onion
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
    • Salt

    To grind

    • 3 tablespoon Coconut
    • 1.5 tablespoon Coriander seeds
    • 1 teaspoon Pepper
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 2 Red chilli
    • 2 cloves Garlic

    To temper

    • 2 tablespoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 teaspoon Urad dal
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
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    Instructions

    • Before touching the raw jackfruit, spread 2-3 newspapers, grease both your hands with generous sesame oil or use gloves.
    • Grease the knife too with oil. This is because when we cut the veggie, it will leave a sap thing which is so sticky. And it leaves stains as well. So prevent the floor, your dress and everything from it. Half the veggie like this.
    • Then cut one of the half into big pieces and remove the thorny green skin part as shown.
    • Remove the centre stalk too(thick part) and chop into small pieces.
    • Keep ready, a bowl of water with buttermilk to immerse the chopped veggie. You can also use the drained water we washed the rice.
    • Boil water with salt an turmeric and cook the finely chopped veggie until soft. Will take roughly 15 minutes.
    • Meanwhile, grind the ingredients under to grind table with little bit of water, to a fine paste.
    • Drain the water from tender jackfruit and keep aside.
    • Heat kadai with oil an temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table.
    • Add onions and fry till transparent.
    • Mix the ground paste with the cooked raw jackfruit along with salt.
    • Add it to the kadai and fry well. Keep in medium flame to ensure the curry gets roasted evenly and mix now and then.
    • This may take some time. Say 15 minutes.
    • Switch off stove.

    Notes

    • Grease your hands frequently while you are cleaning/cutting the veggie.
    • Choose small, young and tender raw jackfruit. It tastes great. Bigger ones take long time to cook.
    • You can add more oil at the end when you are roasting to make it turn golden.
    • Add a teaspoon of coconut oil at the end to get a great flavor!
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Vimitha Anand

      April 03, 2012 at 5:58 am

      I havent tried raw jackfruit too... The curry looks so yum and delish

      Reply
    2. Aruna Manikandan

      April 03, 2012 at 5:58 am

      wonderful recipe raji...
      lovely clicks dear 🙂

      Reply
    3. PriyaVaasu

      April 03, 2012 at 6:16 am

      Looks yum Raji!! This is called Palamoosu right? We too get it here!!!

      Reply
    4. Rathai

      April 03, 2012 at 6:22 am

      I love jackfruit curry! I have never made it myself though. We got to eat it at an acquaintance's house. It actually reminded me of tapioca curry a little. Your curry looks fantastic!

      Reply
    5. Priya Sreeram

      April 03, 2012 at 6:39 am

      looks yum; lovely texture to the curry and fine clicks !

      Reply
    6. Akila

      April 03, 2012 at 6:40 am

      The curry is too tempting with those wonderful clicks...

      Reply
    7. Shanthi

      April 03, 2012 at 6:51 am

      Tempting and wonderful as ever

      Reply
    8. priya ravi

      April 03, 2012 at 6:51 am

      love this curry.. haven't prepared this for a long time bcoz of the stain.. but looking at the photos i really want to do it this week 🙂

      Reply
    9. Sayantani

      April 03, 2012 at 7:22 am

      I love raw jackfruits thats one of the hign points of summer for me. love this curry recipe. looks delicious.

      Reply
    10. faseela

      April 03, 2012 at 7:49 am

      You should not have done this????Oh My God drooling here...what to do, no way to get a jack fruit here.....That picture out there is making me crazy...supoer delicious...one of my fav curry....

      Reply
    11. Archana

      April 03, 2012 at 7:57 am

      Looks super yummy. Great pictures.
      I

      Reply
    12. Priya

      April 03, 2012 at 8:33 am

      Am yet to try this raw jackfruit in my cooking,curry looks excellent Raji.

      Reply
    13. Nagalakshmi V

      April 03, 2012 at 8:39 am

      i see the 50mm in action, very nice! you are back in singapore?

      Reply
    14. Happy Cook / Finla

      April 03, 2012 at 8:46 am

      Wowo you didn't know jack fruit is edible, in kerala we have a dish called jack fruit puzzukku, we used to have that atleast twice a week when it was jack fruit season as mom had a tree in the garden and we ate this puzukku with coconut chutney we loved it always and then our two friends who were living close by also came home each time to eat this.
      The curry looks so so good too.

      Reply
    15. Gayathri NG

      April 03, 2012 at 10:19 am

      hmm looks very interesting curry n delicious one, i haven't tried on my own but tasted from my friends lunch box in college days.

      Reply
    16. Aarthi

      April 03, 2012 at 11:26 am

      nice curry..love it

      Reply
    17. Premalatha Aravindhan

      April 03, 2012 at 12:00 pm

      wow very nice post raji,till now i didnt tasted this...i think this is the rite time to buy raw banana:) love the step vise pics...

      Reply
    18. Shanthi

      April 03, 2012 at 12:21 pm

      wow..i have never heard about this recipe...nice presentation...

      Reply
    19. Hema

      April 03, 2012 at 12:26 pm

      Very nice curry, my mom makes a poriyal with this..

      Reply
    20. Pavithra Elangovan

      April 03, 2012 at 12:33 pm

      My fav one Raji ..love this a lot. Back home we used to get fresh ones but here its very difficult to see, so I am using tinned ones... I always love the texture of this:)

      Reply
    21. Priti

      April 03, 2012 at 1:26 pm

      We make this in totally different way ...long time I had this ..it looks gud

      Reply
    22. Anu

      April 03, 2012 at 1:38 pm

      Even my MIL do this, looks yum.

      Reply
    23. Bharathy

      April 03, 2012 at 2:16 pm

      Everyone in my family is a fan of palakkai vathakkal..My version is different, though..
      interesting recipe, raks 🙂
      Cummon I always love your pics..would like to see your version of the tomato rice as well, girl!Go ahead!!

      Reply
    24. Ramya

      April 03, 2012 at 2:18 pm

      nice recipe for the jackfruit season

      Reply
    25. jeyashrisuresh

      April 03, 2012 at 2:28 pm

      pala musu wow!! I have tasted this many times in my friend's place and in many chettinad weddings. Love this flavorful curry anytime.

      Reply
    26. Ramya Bala

      April 03, 2012 at 2:29 pm

      Raji...this is my fav sidedish...and i prepare it with very very slight modification and i prepare it with potato also......aah...craving for it now....

      Reply
    27. VineelaSiva

      April 03, 2012 at 2:58 pm

      Yummy curry dear.Love it.Never tried this.

      Reply
    28. Preeti Kashyap

      April 03, 2012 at 3:39 pm

      my all time fav!!! yummm...

      Reply
    29. Uma

      April 03, 2012 at 4:42 pm

      yep. We cook raw jackfruit during the season. looks like wonderful treat with steamed rice.

      Reply
    30. Kathleen

      April 03, 2012 at 4:44 pm

      I think you mean "green" or unripe jackfruit. It's only raw if it's uncooked, but in this recipe you say to boil it. So it isn't raw anymore!

      Reply
    31. Suja Manoj

      April 03, 2012 at 4:51 pm

      Makes me nostalgic..yum curry,love the clicks.

      Reply
    32. Sharmilee! :)

      April 03, 2012 at 5:17 pm

      Looks so flavourful and yummy

      Reply
    33. Nalini's Kitchen

      April 03, 2012 at 6:26 pm

      Delicious palaa musu kari...my favorite and here it is hard to find the fresh and tender one.We do make almost the same way.

      Reply
    34. Rasi

      April 03, 2012 at 7:20 pm

      just 2 days back, one aunty was telling me about this curry & asking me whether we do this at home.. i was quite clueless & here i find urs.. should try this 🙂

      Ongoing Event : WTML

      Reply
    35. Nisha

      April 03, 2012 at 7:52 pm

      Bookmarked it.

      Reply
    36. Nitha

      April 03, 2012 at 10:01 pm

      yummy.. drooling over it...

      Reply
    37. hariharan

      April 03, 2012 at 10:21 pm

      We call it 'idi chakkai poduthuval' :)....I've always had my MIL's help to cut the jackfruit...never dared to try it myself.Looks fatastic!

      Reply
    38. Kalyani

      April 04, 2012 at 12:53 am

      curry looks delicious ........

      Reply
    39. Krithi's Kitchen

      April 04, 2012 at 2:05 am

      Palakkai curry super..
      Serve It - Pressure Cooked/Slow Cooked

      Reply
    40. Shabitha Karthikeyan

      April 04, 2012 at 3:17 am

      Never tasted this before !! Looks super good !!

      Reply
    41. Sohoni Das

      April 04, 2012 at 4:17 am

      Raw jackfruit curry is very special in Bengal cuisine. We cook in a different way. But this sounds yummy too.

      Reply
    42. hemalata

      April 04, 2012 at 6:03 am

      One of my favorite curry,looks so delicious.

      Reply
    43. Sushma Madhuchandra

      April 04, 2012 at 6:53 am

      Oh! how I miss my tender jack fruit here. Wish I could relish at least a single delicacy made out of it when I was there in India 🙁 You tempting me now.

      Reply
    44. Kaveri Venkatesh

      April 04, 2012 at 7:46 am

      tender jackfruit is called idichakka in malayalam...Love idichakka thoran....This preparation also looks yum

      Reply
    45. Spice up the Curry

      April 04, 2012 at 11:42 am

      this curry looks fantastic. Never tried raw jackfruit. love to give it a try. thanks for sharing

      Reply
    46. Deeps @ Naughty Curry

      April 04, 2012 at 12:02 pm

      oh yum! jackfruit season is finally here and i cant wait to try this dry palya 🙂 thanks a ton for the pointers & stepwise pics

      Reply
    47. Ramya

      April 04, 2012 at 12:23 pm

      Raw Jackfruit is one of my fav:-) We make a lot of dishes using this in Kerala!
      Ur version looks very flavorful and yummy! Lovely clicks as always!

      Reply
    48. Mahi

      April 04, 2012 at 4:31 pm

      The veggie is so fresh n cute Raji! 🙂

      Yup,nothing can beat our backyard veggies. Curry looks delvious!

      You had a chance to taste the fruit also?!...hope you enjoyed it! Hmm..mm..(Vera enna, kaathula pukai varuthu... Haha...;) )

      Reply
    49. Chitra

      April 04, 2012 at 5:33 pm

      Awesome clicks. even we dint try this yet 🙂 Bookmarked !!

      Reply
    50. notyet100

      April 05, 2012 at 10:25 am

      Curry looks yum,,,my fav 🙂

      Reply
    51. Kadhyaa

      April 08, 2012 at 3:39 pm

      I too recently blogged it and this is my all time fav 🙂 ur masala looks very yummy will try it soon 🙂

      Reply
    52. Sushma

      April 18, 2012 at 5:31 pm

      I can prepare one more recipe with raw jackfruit which is tasty...

      Reply
    53. Rajesh Kumar

      May 11, 2012 at 1:20 pm

      please some body let me know where i can get raw jack fruit in Chennai and what is the season. I have never seen this item at any vegetable store.

      Reply
    54. srinivas

      May 24, 2012 at 11:30 am

      Very well written with photos. It helped us even how to cut. This is being prepared , we will update ....

      Reply
    55. sri devi

      June 03, 2012 at 4:26 am

      yes, its a really rocking dish, i never heard and tried.I 'll try this dish as soon as possible.

      Reply
    56. George Gough

      December 03, 2012 at 9:55 am

      I never tried this recipe. I was suppose to but but I had to undergo drain cleaning first. I can't risk my messy kitchen right now. But I am about to do it this Christmas.

      Reply
    57. Srilata Jammula

      December 25, 2012 at 9:17 am

      looking very good yammy and tasty
      i want to try today.

      Reply
    58. A Schreiner

      February 03, 2013 at 10:14 am

      I have a question. I made a recipe based on this post i came across. We were looking for jackfruit taco recipe and need to find out how to handle the jackfruit.

      we got a fresh one. Every recipe kept calling for a can in brine and said not to use fresh. We live in chicago. The jackfruit we got was huge and not young. We didnt know where it was in ripeness and the store would not help us. We picked one that was kind of green and kind of brown.

      We cut it open - and took out the pink fruit part that tasted like melon/banana. Then we took the seeds out fo that - and roasted those (delish).

      We took the other part and cut it. We made our taco recipe not thinking it would work. We bought 2 cans in brine just in case - and used the same recipe with that.

      The FRESH RIPE one tasted way better than the can one (can tasted like chemicals).

      was the one used in this recipe young and fresh? what is the difference, the time it is picked - OR just how long it has sat around since picked? Could i always use a ripe one for this cooking application? I dont understand based on everything i have read online.

      Reply
    59. RAKS KITCHEN

      February 03, 2013 at 10:24 am

      Hi,

      I think you bought a ripe jackfuit. The one I have used is very young one(it will be tender and small). The ripe one tastes sweet and there will be an yellow fleshy thing like a bulb, has seed inside it .This yellow thing which is edible is sweet and the seeds are also used in Indian cooking. Opening and taking out these yellow fleshy bulbs is really a tricky one and its a real messy job. But equally its tasty. An experienced person can handle it easily, but one who has no idea about it... its a real pain.

      But the tender one is not at all sweet and taste really different and almost other than the green skin part, all are edible.

      Its all about when it is picked from the trees actually. If you pick it young, you can use it for cooking in the above manner with spices. If you pick once its ripe (big and wafts a lot of pleasant flavour)edible parts can be eaten as such, with honey or even can be made some desserts.

      Hope I helped you a bit.

      Reply
    60. Manasi

      April 11, 2013 at 12:41 am

      Hey Raks,
      found a FB page with the above picture stolen, check it out
      https://www.facebook.com/Namma.Adugemane/photos_stream

      Reply
    61. jayaprakasan C Edathil

      April 11, 2013 at 12:42 am

      Very good recipe.

      Reply
    62. Dibya Sankar Neogi

      May 23, 2013 at 9:44 am

      Really very easy to learn

      Reply
    63. Pâticheri

      March 15, 2014 at 12:18 am

      I'm late to this post though I often have stumbled upon your blog--and here was especially appreciative of the cutting-process photos you have up. Even the big chefs suggest using canned or frozen raw jackfruit. Hunh? That's a cop-out! I've cut ripe ones plenty, but never tried my hand cooking the raw--and your directions helped a lot. Thanks so much!

      Reply
    64. Shravani K

      November 19, 2016 at 3:46 pm

      Raw Jackfruit Curry is one of my favourite recipes. This is a very unique recipe and very popular in Andhra pradesh. This recipe is named as Panasapottu Kura in Telugu. And is a must to be present recipe in any andhra wedding or occasions. I just buy the readily available grated panasa pottu packets available in stores and make the recipe. I didn't know till date the chopping procedure of jack fruit very well explained Raks.

      Reply
    65. Mahesh Pathak

      March 31, 2017 at 7:01 am

      What you have shown is not a curry !! its dry ? Real curry must have some gravy into it.

      Reply
    66. Unknown

      January 31, 2018 at 7:16 am

      Looks yummy.. Am going to try this evening... Wish me luck...

      Reply
    67. venkanna

      April 08, 2018 at 9:22 am

      how to preserve the unripen one after cutting?

      Reply
    68. Raks Kitchen

      April 08, 2018 at 9:26 am

      I haven't stiredafter cuting. Just keep it immersed in lemon juice mixed water, until use.

      Reply
    69. renga hari

      May 18, 2018 at 11:05 pm

      I prepare in the same way as you do but without onion, Nice!

      Reply
    70. abhi krish

      February 27, 2020 at 3:27 pm

      Thank you for this recipe, it came out great. I used the same recipe for banana flower (vaazhaipoo) and it was also good.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        February 27, 2020 at 5:05 pm

        Thanks for the feedback 🙂

        Reply

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