Jackfruit seeds chutney is made with a paste of boiled jackfruit seeds mixed with grated coconut, green chilies and lemon juice. It is then tempered with a tadka featuring mustard seeds and curry leaves for taste enhancement. The steps to make jackfruit seeds chutney at home are few and very easy, as you will find while reading my recipe.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Jackfruit seeds chutney is a wonderful condiment that requires little ingredients to make.
- Serve the chutney with roti, paratha, rich dishes, idli, or dosa.
- The taste of jackfruit seeds chutney is creamy, nutty, spicy and savory.
- Other similar chutneys are peanut chutney, coconut chutney with roasted dal, roasted chana dal chutney, sesame (til) chutney, Bengal gram (chana) chutney and flaxseed chutney.
The Ingredients:
- 25 pieces jackfruit seeds
- 1 tsp salt (½ tsp + ½ tsp)
- ½ glass water
- ½ cup grated coconut
- Bird eye green chilies (A handful or 4 regular green chilies)
- 2 lemons (medium size, juice only)
- 3 tsp cooking oil
- ¼ tsp mustard seeds
- Curry leaves – a few
This chutney recipe came from a delivery agent who once brought a parcel late in the afternoon. It was very hot outside and I offered him a glass of water when he shyly asked if he could eat his food. I agreed and invited him in. He offered me a bit of the food he was carrying. I liked the taste of the food, especially the unique chutney, and enquired how it was made. He explained it humbly.
I tried it that night. My husband said it was a “working man’s warmth,” and my sons called it “parcel taste.” Now, it features quite regularly in our dinner. That moment reminded me that hard work tastes like quiet resilience.
How to Make Jackfruit Seeds Chutney? (Step by Step Guide with Images)
Step 1: Take about 25 jackfruit seeds. Crush them.
Step 2: Remove the outer shell and keep them in a bowl aside.
Step 3: Now, mix ½ of tsp salt with ½ a glass of water and put the jackfruit seeds in a pressure cooker.
Step 4: Cover the pressure cooker and cook for 4 whistles. Check the doneness when cool.
Step 5: Transfer them to a mixer.
Step 6: Add ½ cup of freshly grated coconut and ½ tsp of salt to it along with a handful of bird eye chilies.
Step 7: Add a few drops of water and grind them into a fine paste.
Step 8: Transfer the paste to a bowl.
Step 9: Add the juice of 2 medium size lemons.
Step 10: Mix it nicely with the jackfruit seed paste and keep the bowl aside.
Step 11: Now, heat 3 tsp of cooking oil in a tadka pan.
Step 12: When the oil is smoking hot, put ¼ tsp of mustard seeds and a few curry leaves.
Step 13: Add the tadka to the jackfruit seed paste.
Step 14: Mix it thoroughly.
Step 15: Garnish it with 2 mint leaves and your tasty, homemade jackfruit seeds chutney is ready to serve and enjoy with roti, steamed rice, or South Indian delicacies.
Recipe Card
Jackfruit Seeds Chutney
Ingredients
- 25 pieces jackfruit seeds
- 1 tsp salt ½ tsp + ½ tsp
- ½ glass water
- ½ cup grated coconut
- Bird eye green chilies A handful or 4 regular green chilies
- 2 lemons medium size, juice only
- 3 tsp cooking oil
- ¼ tsp mustard seeds
- Curry leaves – a few
Instructions
- Take about 25 jackfruit seeds. Crush them.
- Remove the outer shell and keep them in a bowl aside.
- Now, mix ½ of tsp salt with ½ a glass of water and put the jackfruit seeds in a pressure cooker.
- Cover the pressure cooker and cook for 4 whistles. Check the doneness when cool.
- Transfer them to a mixer.
- Add ½ cup of freshly grated coconut and ½ tsp of salt to it along with a handful of bird eye chilies.
- Add a few drops of water and grind them into a fine paste.
- Transfer the paste to a bowl.
- Add the juice of 2 medium size lemons.
- Mix it nicely with the jackfruit seed paste and keep the bowl aside.
- Now, heat 3 tsp of cooking oil in a tadka pan.
- When the oil is smoking hot, put ¼ tsp of mustard seeds and a few curry leaves.
- Add the tadka to the jackfruit seed paste.
- Mix it thoroughly.
- Garnish it with 2 mint leaves and your tasty, homemade jackfruit seeds chutney is ready to serve and enjoy with roti, steamed rice, or South Indian delicacies.
