Palakottai curry | Jackfruit seed curry— This nutritious curry recipe uses jackfruit seeds and pairs well with South Indian meals and chapati.

Palakottai, the seeds of the tasty jackfruit, have a lot of health benefits. I posted a cutlet recipe using jackfruit seeds a few years back. Jackfruit seeds are often overlooked, yet they are a powerhouse of protein, fiber, and essential vitamins. During our childhood days, we used to buy steamed jackfruit seeds outside the school campus. They add salt and steam it and sell but it used to be super tasty. Somehow, we never get the same taste at home. My mom and grandmother used to add jackfruit seeds to sambar and kootu.

I didn’t enjoy palakottai in sambar or kootu during my childhood. When I started cooking, I started liking it. Recently, I got a pack of jackfruit seeds from my friend who went to Singapore for a holiday. I also got a little from another friend here in Hong Kong. I wanted to try out the jackfruit seeds curry, a healthy vegetarian curry. In this jackfruit season, if you are looking for jackfruit seed recipes, do try this out.

Also try out jackfruit seed cutlet, jackfruit payasam, idichakka thoran, jackfruit modak

 

• Crush the jackfruit seeds a little with a mortar and pestle.
• Take out the skin.
• It won’t be easy to peel after it is cooking.

• Wash and put this in a vessel
• Add a little salt and ½ cup of water.
• Pressure cook for 3 whistles
• Drain water and keep aside.

• Add 3 tsp oil in a pan and when it is hot add mustard seeds, crushed fennel seeds, 1 slit green chili.
• Cook till mustard splitters.

• Add 1 finely chopped onion and cook till translucent.

• Add 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
• Saute till the raw smell goes off.

• Add 1 chopped tomato and cook till it becomes soft.

• Add red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt.
• Add ¼ cup of water and mix well.
• Cook for 2 minutes.

• Now add the cooked jackfruit seeds.
• Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.

• Switch off and add coriander leaves
• Palakottai curry is ready.

Notes:

• You can serve this curry with sambar rasam or curd rice.
• Palakottai curry pairs well with variety rice too.
• You can grind coconut and cumin seeds into a coarse paste and add them last.
• Palakottai curry | Jackfruit seeds curry can be served with chapathi too.

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Double beans spinach stir fry, Palak double beans dry subzi, and Healthy and delicious fresh double beans palak stir fry recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures.

I have seen fresh double beans in the market for the first time. Recently when I visited Chennai, I saw these fresh double beans. I have made sundal using dried double beans. I have tried Double beans kurma using dried ones. But for the first time excited to try these fresh ones. I got a bunch of these and made this palak double beans stir fry. I have tried this same recipe with chickpeas many years back. That recipe was published in a popular local magazine.

As we are getting fresh double beans in season, make the best use of winter produce. You can also replace fresh mochai, butter beans, edamame, green peas, or lima beans for this recipe. If you don’t get fresh beans, you can use chickpeas, dried double beans, dried mochai, dried peas, or rajma. Just soak this over night and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles and proceed with the recipe.

Also check out, Palak rajma, Palak paneer paratha, chana kurma, Mullangi curry

• I used 1.5 cups fresh double beans.

• Pressure cook the double beans for 2-3 whistles by adding ¼ cup water and a little salt.
• Drain the water and keep it aside.

• In a pan add 3 tsp oil and add the cumin seeds.
• Once it crackles add the finely chopped onion and add little salt.
• Saute till translucent.

• Now add the ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute.

• Add the chopped tomato to this and cook for a minute.

• Now add the red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and a little salt to this.
• Mix well and add 2 tbsp water. Cook for a minute.

• Now add the 1.5 cup finely chopped spinach
• Cook for 2 minutes. The spinach will shrink and get cooked easily.

• Now add the cooked double beans

• Mix well.
• Cook for a minute, check for salt.
• Switch off the flame.

Notes:

• You can use dried double beans also. Soak overnight and cook for 4-5 whistles and proceed
• Instead of double beans you can use fresh mochai, butter beans, or peas.
• You can use Chickpeas or rajma too.
• Double beans spinach stir fry pairs well with roti and rice too.

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