Raw Jack fruit kuruma

Though in Kerala raw jack fruit is widely used in cooking, in tamilnadu mostly people never use raw jack fruit except from chettinadu areas. Like Kerala they too use jackfruits and try different varities. In all their marriages, this raw jackfruit occuppu space in any form, kulambu or kootu or vada or kuruma. First i start with recipe of kuruma. Actually i learned this from mother in law. She used to make frequently in our home. Like other kurma, she never prepares this as side dish for rotis etc, but this is kurma is used only along with rice. But this kuruma used to taste sooo nice with jackfruit flavour.

Ingredients

Raw jack fruit - 1 ( we use baby jackfruit, which is used to be very small in size)

Onion - 1

Tomato - 2

Green chillies - 5 

Oil - 1 tsp

ghee - 1 tsp

Salt as needed

Coriander leaves and curry leaves ( i didnt used as i dont have it in home today)

To fry and grind

Oil  - 1 tsp

Fennel seeds - 1 tsp

Cinamon stick - 1/2 inch

Bay leaves - 1 small piece

Cloves - 1

Friend gram - 1 tbs ( you can replace cashewnuts here)

Garlic - 10 pods

Ginger - one inch piece

Kush Kush - 1 tsp

Green chilies - 5

Scrapped coconut - 1 cup

Method

First grease your hands and knife with oil before cutting the raw jackfruit... Remove skin and then cut it into square peices and immediately put them in water mixed with buttermilk... Pressure cook it for one whistle and keep aside. ( can add one potato too, but it is optional)

Fry all items (mentioned under fry and grind ) in one teaspoon of oil... Cool and grind it to paste adding water.

In a pan add oil, add onion, saute well, then add tomatoes, saute well, then add coconut paste and saute well, till nice aroma rises. Then add cooked rawjackfruits and salt. When everything mixes well, switch off the flame. Add coriander leaves and a teaspoon of ghee at the top and keep closed till serving.