50 mins
Tender jackfruit curry simmered in rich Indian spices
500 g
Potatoes : 1 large cubed (optional) Tomatoes : 1 cup chopped Green cardamom : 2-3 Cloves : 3-4 Cinnamon : an inch piece Ginger garlic paste : 1 tbsp Onion : 1 large sliced Onion paste : 3-4 tbsp Curd : 2 tbsp Turmeric powder: 1 tsp Red chilli powder : 1 tsp Cumin powder : 1 tsp Bengali garam masala : ½ tsp Salt and sugar to taste Mustard oil : 2 tbsp Ghee : 1 tbsp Bay leaves : 2-3 Instructions Cut the jackfruit in medium size chunks. Smear it with salt, turmeric powder and mustard oil. Leave it aside for 15 minutes In pressure cooker, heat the mustard oil. Temper the oil with bay leaves, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon. Fry the sliced onion till lightly brown. Add the onion paste and fry till it changes the color. Add the ginger-garlic paste next and fry till it loses its rawness. Fry the potatoes lightly if you are using. Add the marinated jackfruit pieces and fry it on medium heat for 5 minute Add the tomatoes and keep on frying, mixing it well till the tomatoes becomes mushy. Mix the yogurt with all the spices and add this to the pan. Keep stirring, add salt and sugar to taste. Keep braising the jackfruit on medium heat till the masala leaves oil from the sides. Once that stage is reached, add enough water just to cover the jackfruit and potatoes, Lower the flame, close the pressure cook with valve and cook on till 2-3 whistles. You can also steam cook it without the valve. Check if the jackfruit is tender enough, if not then add some more water and cook it till done. Check the seasonings and before serving drizzle some ghee over it and serve warm with rice or roti. 3.2.2929
Jackfruit or Kathal is called Enchor inBengali, it is yummy and delicious after cooking. Enchorer Dalna is a very popular dish of Bengal (Eastern India)
Add bay leaf ,green cardamom and chinamon stick. INGREDIENTS OF CHANAR DALNA OR PANEER KOFTA CURRY. Today I am going to share a very authentic Bengali vegetarian dish
Add the green chillies, garlic, and ginger. Slice the green chillies vertically. Today I am posting the recipe for Dimer Jhol or BengaliStyle Egg Curry
Gravy is quite simple with tomato base and thickened slightly with cashew or almond butter (or ground cashews/ almonds) and a splash of heavy cream, if you feel a little indulgent
Add grated ginger-garlic paste and green chillies. Green chillies. If you have a raw jackfruit that has big seed in it, then take the seed out and there is a skin, covering over the seed, take that skin out and use the seed in the curry
Tender Jackfruit (Echor inBengali). Apart from that, the young jackfruit (also known as the ‘greenjackfruit’), called so, just before it completely ripens, is also cooked with potatoes and used in curries in West Bengal
And guess what, all these occasions had this Chanar Dalna, served in the same old unaltered fashion. This food is reflective of a typical BengaliCuisine, and is most commonly found as an vegetarian option in almost all occasions
One green cardamom. I say not exactly because, when written in English the exact Bengali pronunciation goes haywire, but yes I have tried to get as close to the Bengali pronunciation as possible
Make a paste smooth of tomatoes and green chillies and keep it aside. In the remaining oil, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, asafoetida, turmeric powder, coriander powder, tomato paste, salt and curry leaves
Green cardamom. Chicken Masala or Spicy Chicken Curry…. Though generally it is served with Mishti Polao( BengaliStyle Sweet Fried Rice) but it is equally good when served with hot steaming rice
Now grind the soaked dal as coarse paste with green chillies. Dhokar dalna is a traditional Bengali lentil cakes curry which is served during pooja or as a part of a meal
A great alternative to chicken curry – quick dinner idea. Dim inBengali means an Egg and Poshto is poppy seeds and true to it’s name this recipe has these two as mainingredients
Corinaderpowder/dhaniya podi. Curryleaves/karivepillaifew leaves. Turmeric powder/manjal podi. I will be showcasing the recipes with green peas for next few days
Tender raw jackfruit, cut into small cubes and blanched/steamedin salt water. As a kid I would neither touch or taste either the ripe or raw version of the fruit/vegetable
Add chopped tomatoes and green chilies. Kongu Style Palakkai Kuzhambu / Kathal Curry, today I'm sharing one of my favorite curry made from raw jackfruit / kathal which is coconut based and also vegan
Comments
Log in or Register to write a comment.