Chakka podithooval - Dry sabji of Raw and tender jack fruit with grated coconut.

This is yet another recipe that I learned from my mom. the way she cooks this dish is just awesome and its my all time favourite. This is a Very easy to make dish and as the jack fruit season is fast approaching all of u can try this at home. All you need is a medium sized jack where the fruits are yet to develop. U can make this with unripened jack fruits too. 

Cut the jack and remove of the thick gummy portion in the middle and the thorny outer covering too. The portion that we take for making this dish is thin fibre type parts that are seen near the fruits + the unripened small jack fruits. scrape it using knife and it will start falling off.(if small fruits have developed scrape that also.)

boil all the scraped portions in a pressure cooker using little bit of turmeric and salt and water just to cover the vegetable- for 2-3 whistles. Remove the lid of the cooker and evaporate the extra water.

Now in a kadai heat some oil, crack the mustard seeds, Saute chopped small onion (1 handful), crushed garlic -3-4 pieces, few curry leaves, till nice aroma comes. Now add grated coconut 1 cup to this and add a pinch of turmeric powder and jeera powder. add salt if required.saute again well till coconut gives a nice smell. Add the cooked jack fruit to this and saute well and cover for few seconds till the flavour nicely blends. Serve with rice.