Sunday, June 1, 2014

Jackfruit Idli




Ingredients:
Jackfruit- about 16-18 ripe pieces
Rice or Idli Rava- 2 Cup (Soaked for 4-5hrs or overnight)
Grated Coconut- 3/4cup
Jaggery- 1/2 cup powdered or if the jackfruit is sweet add less
Cardomom powder- 1/4 tsp 
Salt- 1/4 tsp

Method:
I had a huge half of jackfruit with me, so had enough jackfruit pieces to make idli twice in 2 weeks. Once with Rice and once with Idli Rava. Jackfruits were deseeded and kept safe in the fridge in a Tupperware box.
Grind the Jackfruit pieces. I ground it to a fine paste, you may decide to keep a few pieces in between so that when you bite into the idli you get to bite into jackfruit pieces too. 
Grind the soaked rice along with the coconut & jaggery. 
Now mix the rice mixture with ground jackfruit. 
Add salt & Cardomom powder and mix well.
Now ready the idli plates by slightly oiling them
Steam the idlis for about 15 mins and your idli is ready to serve.
Serve the sweet idlis with ghee on it and a little mango pickle to tickle your taste buds.

Note: the more jackfruit you add, the softer & stickier the idli will be.Use the above measurements and you will get a cake like consistency in your idlis. which you can bite into...non-messy.

This was the first time I actually cut open a complete jackfruit and also prepared something out of it :)
Proud of myself.

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