Jack Fruit Elissery Vishu Recipe

Ingredients for Jack Fruit Elissery

Jackfruit – 2 cups [peel and cut into small pieces]

Jack Fruit seeds – 1 cup

Coconut – 1cup

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Chill powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Salt to taste

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Dry Red chilies – 2 [split into 2]

Curry leaves – 1 string

Method of Preparing Jack Fruit Elissery

Cook the jackfruit pieces with turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt by adding enough wter.  When it is well cooked, mash with a ladle
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Grind the ½ cup grated coconut with cumin seeds by adding little water and add to the elissery.  Cook for 5 minutes and remove from the flame
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Heat oil in a pan and add dry chillies, mustard seeds, and curry leaves. Fry for 2 minutes and add the remaining grated coconut and fry till the coconut become dark brown. Then add to the jack fruit elissery. Serve hot with rice.