Ripe Jackfruit Cake

 

Rustic jackfruit cake made with leftover ripe jackfruit. It’s healthy and delicious. 

Ingredients 

1 cup Wheat flour 

1 cup Fine Semolina 

1 cup Powder Jaggery 

1 tsp Baking Powder 

1 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder 

1/4 tsp Salt

2 tbsp Almond Flakes 

1/2 cup Ripe soft Jackfruit 

1/2 cup Ripe firm Jackfruit chopped 

1/4 cup Oil

1/4 cup Curd 

1 cup Coconut Milk 

Method 

Take wheat flour, semolina, jaggery powder, cardamom powder, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Take a sieve mesh and sieve all the ingredients together. Take a bowl, pour oil, curd and coconut milk and whisk it together.  Pour the liquid into the dry ingredients, and whisk all the ingredients together into a thick dropping consistency. Add the almond flakes and both the types of jackfruits. Mix the ingredients together. Take a grease baking mould. Pour in the batter up to 3/4 the size of the mould. Bake the cake at 180 or 200 degrees temperature depending upon the oven temperature for 55 to 60 minutes. Insert a toothpick and check. Once done remove the cake and cool it. Unmould the cake and let it cool completely before cutting.

Kathal Ke Kabab

Kathal or Raw Jackfruit is known as vegetarian meat because of its texture and look. It has lots of health benefits. This dish what I made today can be served as starter or appetiser or can be eaten as snacks. This can be served with onions and green chutney. It’s a simple recipe with very less ghee or oil. 

Ingredients

250 grams Raw Jackfruit (Kathal)  cut into medium size cubes and boiled

1/4 cup Chana Dal boiled without any excess water

1 small Onion finely chopped

1 - 2 Green Chillies as per required cut into pieces 

2 small pieces Ginger 

3 Garlic Cloves 

1 tbsp Coriander Leaves chopped

1 tbsp Mint Leaves  chopped

1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder

1/2 tsp Chilli Powder

Salt to taste

1 tsp Cumin powder

1 tsp Fennel powder

1 tsp Coriander powder

1 tsp Lime juice 

Ghee or Oil for shallow frying

         

Method 

Take a food processor or a grinder. Add the boiled jack fruit, boiled chana dal,lime juice, green chillies, ginger, garlic, garam masala powder, fennel powder, chilli powder, salt, cumin powder and coriander powder.  Grind it into a coarse paste. Transfer the paste into a bowl. Add the onion, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Mix it well. Take a lime size portions of the paste and flatten it. Take a pan, add ghee or oil. Let it heat on a medium heat. Add the kababs into the ghee or oil. Shallow fry it on both the side until golden brown in colour. Serve the kababs with onion and green chutney. 

P.S. Don’t over cook the jackfruit and the chana dal. 

It’s better to use a food processor than a grinder as it takes a bit longer to grind in a grinder. Don’t add any water while grinding. 

I prefer ghee to fry the kababs as it enhances the flavour of the kababs. 

Cornflakes and Jackfruit seed Chaat

Cornflakes and Jackfruit seed Chaat

This is a unique chaat.. An innovation in my kitchen for healthy snack. Since this is the season for Jackfruit, most of us like ripe Jackfruit. The seeds from the ripe Jackfruit are equally tasty and has health benefits. We make sabji and dal out of it, but this Jackfruit seed Chaat is very delicious and healthy to be served as evening snack. 

Ingredients 

1 bowl of Cornflakes 

3/4 bowl of Jackfruit seeds boiled, skin removed and chopped 

1 or 2 Green Chillies chopped 

2 tbsp of Onion chopped 

1 tbsp Coriander Leaves chopped 

2 tbsp Green Chutney (1 tbsp Coriander Leaves, 1 Green Chiili, Salt to taste and 1 small piece of Raw Mango, ground together) 

1 tsp Lime Juice

1/2 tsp Chaat Masala 

Method 

Mix all the above ingredients together and serve it immediately...

Eggless Ripe Jackfruit Coconut and Semolina Loaf Cake....

Eggless Ripe Jackfruit Coconut and Semolina Loaf Cake....

Ripe Jackfruit is one of my favourite fruit. The flesh of the jackfruit is starchy and fibrous and is a source of dietary fiber. It has a strong and distinct aroma. Many dishes are made from the ripe jackfruit... Since my daughter likes to carry tea time cakes to school... Today I added some jackfruit and coconut along with semolina into the cake.

Ingredients

1 cup All Purpose Flour

1 cup Fine Semolina

1 cup Caster Sugar

2 tbsp Dessicated Coconut

1 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp Soda bicarbonate

3/4 cup Coconut Milk

4 tsp Curd

3/4  cup Olive oil

1/2 cup Jackfruit chopped

Method

Take a mixing bowl. Add the curd, oil, coconut milk and sugar and jackfruit. In another bowl add flour, semolina, dessicated coconut, baking powder and soda bicarbonate. Mix it. Take a beater and beat the liquids till the sugar has dissolve. Gradually add half of the the dry ingredients and beat it. Add rest of the dry ingredients and beat it again. Pour the batter in a greased bread loaf tin. Tap the tin once. Sprinkle coconut on top. Bake it at 180 degrees celcius for 35 minutes in a preheated oven. Insert a toothpick to check. Cool it completely before cutting. Serve it with whip fresh cream or ice cream or just have it at tea time....

Echorer Chop (Jackfruit Chop)

Echorer Chop (Jackfruit Chop)
Ingredients
1 cup  Raw Jackfruit pieces boiled
2 Potatoes boiled
1 Onion chopped
6 Garlic Cloves minced
1 tsp Ginger minced
1 tsp Chillies minced
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1 Bay leaf
1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder
1/2 tsp Cumin powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/4 tsp Bhaja Masala powder ( Roast 1/4 tsp cumin seeds, 1/4 tsp coriander seeds and 1 dried red chill together and grind it in to a powder.)
1 tsp Broken Cashew nuts
1 tsp Raisins
Salt to taste
1 tsp Sugar
1/2 cup Corn flour
2 cups or more Bread crumbs / Roti crumbs
1/2 tbsp Ghee
Oil to fry

Method
Mash the jack fruit and the potatoes together. Take a pan, add ghee. Let it heat. Add cumin seeds and bay leaf. Let the cumin seeds crackle. Add the onion, ginger, garlic and chillies. Sauté it till the onions are brown in colour. Add the mashed potatoes and Jack fruit. Mix it. Add the cumin powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder,  salt and sugar. Mix it well. Add cashewnut and raisins. Stir and cook it till it starts to form a dough. Take it off the flame and add bhaja masala. Mix it. Let the mixture cool. Meanwhile take the corn flour and little water at a time and make a thin batter. Take the mixture and divide it into big lime size portions. Take a wok and heat oil to fry. Take one portion and give a oval it, dip it in the batter and coat it with bread crumbs. Dip it back into the batter and coat it with bread crumbs again.  Repeat it with other portions.  Deep fry it till golden brown in colour.
Or brush oil on the chops and bake at 200 degrees celcius for 25 minutes till golden brown in colour. Serve it hot with Kasundi, Tomato ketchup and salad.

For the Roti Crumbs..
Crisp the Rotis in the microwave, break into pieces and grind it into powder.