Jackfruit Pulao Recipe with step by step pictures. Kathal Pulao which is made with jackfruit and basmati rice which taste amazing with some raita.
Jackfruit is one of the amazing fruit from god’s creation. It has hard pricky skins outside(which requires a lots of strength to cut it up) and the fruit inside is really sweet and yummy. And the special thing about this fruit is you can’t hide it anywhere because the smell shows itself, it has a lovey aroma. Now coming to this recipe. We are going to use the raw form of jackfruit to make this pulav. This pulav is totally different from the normal pulav which you have tasted so far.
Ingredients for Jackfruit Pulao
- Raw Jackfruit / Chakka - 2 cups cut into pieces
- Onion-1 sliced
- Tomato-2 sliced
- Carrot-1 chopped
- Peas- ½ cup frozen or fresh
- Coriander leaves – ½ cup
- Mint leaves- ½ cup
- Curd-1 cup
- Basmati Rice-2 cups
- Cinnamon / Pattai-1 inch piece
- Cloves / Krambu-4
- Cardamom / Yelakai-4
- Chilli powder-1 tsp
- Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn
- Cumin powder / Jeera podi-1 tsp
- Garam masala powder-1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil-1 tblspn
- Ghee-1 tblspn
How to Make Jackfruit Pulao
- Soak Rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside.
- Heat some water in a sauce pan. Add in sliced jackfruit with some salt and turmeric powder. Drain it and set aside.
- Now heat oil for frying and fry the jackfruit pieces for 5 mins..Drain this and set aside.
- Now heat oil in a kadai and add in cinnamon, cloves, cardamom. Fry this for 3 mins.
- Add in onions and mix well. Fry this till golden brown.
- Add in tomatoes, peas and carrot. Fry this for 5 mins.
- Add in spice powders and mix well. Now throw in the fried jackfruit pieces and mix well.
- Season with salt..Add in coriander and mint leaves.
- Pour in curd and mix well.Add in soaked rice and mix well.
- Pour in 4 cups of water and bring that to boil..Cover and simmer this till the rice has absorbed all water and it is cooked. It will take around 15-20 mins.
- Now fluff it with a fork and add a tblspn of ghee over the rice. Garnish with some more cilantro.
- Cover this for a while so that the flavours gets together.
- Serve this with any raita.
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Jackfruit Pulao Recipe | Jackfruit Pulav Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Raw Jackfruit / Chakka cut into pieces
- 1 Onion sliced
- 2 Tomato sliced
- 1 Carrot chopped
- ½ cup Peas frozen or fresh
- ½ cup Coriander leaves
- ½ cup Mint leaves
- 1 cup Curd
- 2 cups Basmati Rice
- 1 Cinnamon / Pattai
- 4 Cloves/ Krambu
- 4 Cardamom / Yelakai
- 1 tsp Chilli powder
- 1 tbsp Coriander powder / Malli podi
- 1 tsp Cumin powder / Jeera podi
- 1 tsp Garam masala powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Ghee
Instructions
- Soak Rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside.
- Heat some water in a sauce pan. Add in sliced jackfruit with some salt and turmeric powder. Drain it and set aside.
- Now heat oil for frying and fry the jackfruit pieces for 5 mins..Drain this and set aside.
- Now heat oil in a kadai and add in cinnamon, cloves, cardamom. Fry this for 3 mins.
- Add in onions and mix well. Fry this till golden brown.
- Add in tomatoes, peas and carrot. Fry this for 5 mins.
- Add in spice powders and mix well. Now throw in the fried jackfruit pieces and mix well.
- Season with salt..Add in coriander and mint leaves.
- Pour in curd and mix well.Add in soaked rice and mix well.
- Pour in 4 cups of water and bring that to boil..Cover and simmer this till the rice has absorbed all water and it is cooked. It will take around 15-20 mins.
- Now fluff it with a fork and add a tblspn of ghee over the rice. Garnish with some more cilantro.
- Cover this for a while so that the flavours gets together.
- Serve this with any raita.
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Jackfruit Pulao Recipe with Step by Step
Take all your ingredients |
This is the spices you want |
Boil your jack fruit |
drain it |
fry it oil |
Drain it and set aside |
crackle all whole spices |
add in onions |
fry till golden |
add in carrot, peas and tomatoes |
add in spice powders |
now add in fried jack fruit |
season with salt |
add in herbs |
and curd |
add in rice and mix well |
mixed |
pour in water |
bring that to boil |
cover and simmer |
till rice is cooked |
add in cilantro and ghee |
cover again |
done done |
Serve... |
Prathibha
very nice biriyani..love this
Federica
mmmmmmmmm..davvero buonissima!baci!
Chitra
never heard about biriyani / pulav with jackfruit....very innovative thought
kankana
could never like this veggie that much, but my Ma used to make this delicious curry with jackfruit and it was rich in taste. Will share this recipe with my Mom!
Rekha shoban
interesting pulav...looks yummy!
R
looks super delicious, luv the step by step pics!
Sharmilee! :)
Wow looks flavourful and yummy
Priya
Unfortunately we dont get raw jackfruits here, briyani looks super delicious..
jeyashrisuresh
never tried this delicious one..nicely explained
Aruna Manikandan
looks delicious dear 🙂
Tina
never tried this before...looks delicious.