July 25, 2010

Chakka Varatti ~ Jackfruit Jam

Last few posts have been more of jack fruit and mango. I have some more posts lined up on jack fruit. During my childhood days, I have spent most of my summer vacation at my maternal home. Then, only my grand parents were there. Two months of vacation was full of fun. We spent the whole day playing in the back yard with children from the neighborhood. We were never bored. Those days, mangoes and jack fruit ruled the day.. in both raw and ripe forms. My grandma used to prepare chakka varatti from a minimum of 3 jack fruits in one go. Me and my sister used to help is separating the jack fruit bulbs. In the process, we would eat few also. Coming to the present, i have at most prepared chakka varatty from one jack fruit. Though the recipe is simple, the process is very laborious, it call for great shoulder strength for continuous stirring for a long time. Most of the times, I end making chakka poornam, which is used as filling for ela adai , since it calls for less work. When making the chakkavaratti with few jack fruit bulbs doesn't take much time. I'm sure my grandma  could never imagine making in such small quantity.  Here is how I make it




  
You need
  •  Jack fruit segments - 20 nos

  • Jaggery - 1 cup heaped

  • Ghee - a tablespoon
  


Method

  
Chop the jack fruit into bite sized pieces. Cook in microwave or stop top till it changes it color. If cooking on stove top, sprinkle some water so that it doesn't stick to the pan.

Cool and puree the cooked fruit.

Take a thick bottomed kadai or pan. Mix the pureed fruit and jaggery. Cook till it is flaky like jam. Finally add a tablespoon of ghee. It will stay good for a year with out any refrigeration. The shelf life increases according to the consistency of the chakkavaratty. I haven't gone to that extent since I knew I would use it in a week.






13 comments:

  1. Wow mouthwatering! very tempting jam dear...

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  2. Wow! jackfruit jam..yummy yummy..

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  3. Jackfruit jam sounds like an interesting recipe. Never tasted this before and sounds delicious.

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  4. Wish I could have some,I have not tasted this yet! Looks tempting!

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  5. wish i was in kerala to enjoy all this....

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  6. I love chakkavaratti....WOw...you are killing me with the pic!

    Shobha

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  7. Woww i never had this jackfruit jam, looks fantastic..

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  8. tempting clicks...very tempting...love to grab a sspoonful now...

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  9. Unique recipe.. Must be yummy :)

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  10. Chakkavaratti looks really yummy, It makes me nostalgic, about chakka prathaman, ela ada..

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  11. oh!its interesting jam i nevered heard,it looking colourful n yummy

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  12. Its tempting. Hope it would have melted in mouth

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