8 Awesome Jackfruit Recipes To Try

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 12:25 [IST]

The spiky jackfruit is in season now. We are sure many of you must be extremely fond of jackfruit. But those of you who are not very fond of this vegetable, we have the right dishes to change your taste.

Tender, unripe jackfruit is often referred to as the 'vegetarian meat' because of its meat like texture and flavour. Jackfruit is a delightful fruit which has a strong aroma and sweet taste.

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Apart from being tasty, jackfruit is an extremely healthy vegetable. It is rich in antioxidants and is an excellent vegetable to improve your vision. Jackfruit strengthens the immune system, has anti-aging properties, protects against cancer, improves digestion, controls asthma and lowers high blood pressure.

So, to prepare this amazing fruit with varied taste, Boldsky brings to you 8 absolutely delicious jackfruit recipes which will make you fall in love with this tasty fruit. Check out these awesome jackfruit recipe and give them a try.

Masaledar Kathal Curry

Jackfruit is popularly known as 'Kathal' in Hindi. This masaledar kathal curry or spicy jackfruit curry is prepared with a lot of exotic spices which makes this dish difficult to resist.

Jackfruit Biryani

We generally use unripe jackfruit to prepare curries or chips. But here we are using this versatile vegetable to prepare biryani. The chunks of marinated jackfruit are cooked in dum till they become tender and melt in the mouth. Then the same steps of preparing biryani is followed only replacing meat with jackfruit. This unusual yet exotic rice recipe is a vegetarian's delight.

Katal Curry

Jackfruit strengthens the immune system, has anti-aging properties, protects against cancer, improves digestion, controls asthma and lowers high blood pressure. Jackfruit is commonly called as katal in Hindi. Jackfruit or katal curry is a tasty Indian side dish that can be teamed up with rice or rotis.

Jackfruit Dalma

Dalma is basically cooked with a lot of vegetables such as unripe papaya, unripe banana etc. But we can always make variations depending on the availability of vegetables and since jackfruit is found abundantly during this season, we have used it with other vegetables to prepare this exotic recipe of jackfruit dalma.

Jackfruit Rice

And if you are bored of preparing the same old pulaos and biriyanis , you should the delicious jackfruit rice. Even for the non vegetarians it is a good change as the rice recipe tastes different and is also filling just like chicken or any non vegetarian item.