This jackfruit curry is a home-style delicious curry made with raw jackfruit.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 20 minutes
  • Total time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: North Indian

Ingredients

  • 250 grams jackfruit (unripe - (kathal))
  • 1 to 2 pinches turmeric powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • water (as required - for pressure cooking jackfruit)
  • 80 grams onion (or 1 large onion or ¾ cup chopped onions)
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons water (- optional and if required while grinding onions)
  • 1 tomatoes (- large or 160 grams tomatoes or ¾ cup chopped tomatoes)
  • 1 inch ginger (or 2 teaspoons roughly chopped ginger)
  • 8 to 10 garlic (- small-sized or 2 teaspoons roughly chopped garlic)
  • 1 tablespoon mint leaves
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves ((cilantro leaves))
  • 2 tablespoons oil (or ghee)
  • ½ teaspoon shahi jeera ((caraway seeds))
  • 1.5 inches cinnamon
  • 4 green cardamoms
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 black cardamom
  • 1 small to medium tej patta ((indian bay leaf))
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder ((ground coriander))
  • 3 tablespoons curd (- full fat and whisked)
  • 1.25 cups water (or add as required)
  • ½ teaspoon garam masala
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves ((cilantro leaves))
  • salt as required

Method

pressure cooking jackfruit

  1. Apply oil on your palms, knife and chopping board. Rinse the peeled jackfruit. Then chop the jackfruit and remove the seeds. Generally I get the peel removed from the vegetable vendor. In case the peel is not removed, then you will have to slice off the peels. If using chopped jackfruit already brought from outside, then rinse them in water.
  2. Add the jackfruit pieces in a pressure cooker. While chopping jackfruit, you can remove the seeds if you want or add them in the dish.
  3. Then add 1 to 2 pinches of turmeric powder and ¼ teaspoon salt.
  4. Add enough water which just about cover the jackfruit pieces.
  5. Pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles or for 8 to 9 minutes on medium flame.
  6. Once the pressure settles down, then remove the lid. Drain all the water and keep the cooked jackfruit aside.

preparing onion paste

  1. Meanwhile when the jackfruit is being pressure cooked, you can prep for the gravy. Add ¾ cup chopped onions in a grinder jar.
  2. Grind to a smooth paste without adding any water. Remove and keep aside in a bowl.

preparing tomato paste

  1. In the same jar, then add ¾ cup chopped tomatoes. Also add 2 teaspoons roughly chopped ginger, 2 teaspoons roughly chopped garlic, 1 tablespoon mint leaves and 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves.
  2. Grind to a smooth paste. Keep aside.

making jackfruit curry

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan or kadai.
  2. Then add the following spices and let them crackle - ½ teaspoon shah jeera, 1.5 inch cinnamon, 4 green cardamoms, 4 cloves, 1 black cardamom and 1 small to medium tej patta. You can slightly crush the green cardamoms before adding.
  3. Next add the ground onion paste. Be careful as the mixture splutters. If the onion paste splutters too much, then cover the pan partly with a lid till the spluttering stops.
  4. Mix very well.
  5. On a low to medium-low flame, stirring often saute the onion paste till it becomes light golden in color. You can even saute till it becomes golden.
  6. Then the tomato paste. Be careful as the mixture splutters.
  7. Mix very well.
  8. Saute the masala till you see oil releasing from its sides. Saute on a low to medium-flame and stir often.
  9. Then add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder and 1 teaspoon coriander powder.
  10. Mix very well. saute for a minute.
  11. Keep the flame to a low or you can even switch off the flame. Then add 3 tablespoons beaten full fat curd.
  12. As soon as you add curd, Quickly and briskly mix it very well with the onion-tomato masala.
  13. Now saute on a low to medium-low flame, till you see oil releasing from the sides.

cooking jackfruit curry

  1. Then add 1.25 cups water. mix very well. season with salt as per taste.
  2. Bring the curry to a simmer. You can add less or more water as per your requirements.
  3. Once the curry starts simmering and you see some oil specks on top, then add the cooked jackfruit. Mix well.
  4. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 8 to 9 minutes.
  5. Later, sprinkle ½ teaspoon garam masala powder. Mix well.
  6. Switch off the flame and add 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves. Mix again.
  7. Serve jackfruit curry with steamed rice or chapatis.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.