Bread Fruit Masala Curry Recipe – Mum’s Cheema Chakka Masala Recipe

Cheema Chakka / Bread Fruit – 1 medium size peeled and cubed (around 4 cups)
Onion – 1 large sliced thinly
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder ./ Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp

For Roasting & Grinding:
Oil – 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 3 to 4
Coriander seeds – 1.5 tblspn
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 2 tsp
Cinnamon / Pattai – 4 cm piece
Garlic – 4 peeled
Coconut – 1 cup grated

For Seasoning:
Oil – 1 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
Curry Leaves – 2 sprigs

Method:

Peel breadfruit and cube them. Take them in a pot along with onions, salt, turmeric powder and 1 cup of water. Cover and cook on a low heat for 15 mins till it is cooked. Now the water would be reduced as well.

Heat oil in a kadai, add all the roasting ingredients and roast till golden. Remove it to a blender and make it into a smooth puree. Set aside.

When the bread fruit is cooked, add the masala in along with red chilli powder and water and mix well.

Simmer this for 5 to 10 mins.

Now make seasoning by heating some oil in a kadai. Add in mustard and curry leaves. Let them sizzle.

Pour this over the curry and mix well.

Now serve with rice and rasam.