I know we all love jackfruit and relish it as much as we relish the dishes made out of it. But what about the jackfruit seeds? We normally discard them. But did you know that there are quite a lot of health benefits of these seeds? Well, the next time on, after you relish the fruit, do remember to preserve the seeds too. They can be dried and used for cooking. One of the easiest and tasty recipe using the jackfruit seeds is Jackfruit Seed Butter.
Keeping our fast lives in mind, this recipe is an easy to prepare and great to taste side dish, which goes well with rice or chapathis or any varieties of bread. The oldest member in the family would love it too as it is not hard to eat. The youngest member of the family too would love it as they can have yo-yo rolls of chapathi or any tortilla with the jackfruit seed butter as spread. You can even spread it smooth over a bread toast and have it for your quick breakfast.
Sounds interesting… doesn’t it?
Why don’t you try? Check out below for a quick recipe.
Few other jackfruit based recipes :
- Dose variety : Jackfruit Dose
- Perfect main for a rainy day : Jackfruit Dumplings
- Coastal Karnataka style seasonal breakfast : Jackfruit Idli
- Easy seasonal snack recipe : Jackfruit Chips
- Jackfruit Ice-cream
Total Time: 20 minutes
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 3
Ingredients:
Jackfruit seeds: 10
Buttermilk: ½ cup
Asafoetida: ½ tsp.
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander leaves: little
Chopped ginger: Little
For seasoning:
Mustard seeds: ½ tsp.
Curry leaves: Few
Ghee for frying
Method :
Quick Video recipe :
- Cook and peel the jackfruit seeds
- In a mixer, add the cooked and peeled jackfruit seeds, buttermilk, asafoetida and salt and make a smooth paste
- Transfer the paste to a bowl. Now, you may use the paste, as is, or enhance it further by following the below steps, as per your requirement and taste
- To the above, add chopped ginger
- Prepare a seasoning of mustard seeds and curry leaves in ghee and transfer it to the above
- Mix it well. If required, add little water, till the desired consistency is reached
- Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve it with hot rice or chapathi as is
- You may even spread it over chapathi and serve the Chapathi roll with jackfruit seed butter spread or even spread it over toast for a quick breakfast
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