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Raw jackfruit biryani

Servings: 4
Preparation time: 15-20 minutes.
Frying time: 20-22 minutes.
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Total time: 52 minutes.

I had jackfruit tree in our house in Rawat Bhata, so I experimented a lot with jackfruit. Actually the jackfruit is the powerhouse of nutrition as it is packed with good amount of fiber too.

The ‘Raw jack fruit biryani’ cooked in ghee, teamed with “Cucumber Raita” and “Chilli Pickle“, make a soul warming dish…

Awesome in taste…

Ingredients:

Basmati rice: 1 cup (200-250 gm.)
Raw jack fruit: 150-200 gm
Refined oil/cooking oil/ ghee: 5 tablespoon
Butter: 1 tablespoon
Curd: 1 cup
Onion: 100 gm
Ramba/kewada leaf (Pandanus odorus): 2 no.
Cumin seed: 1 teaspoon.
Salt: 2 teaspoon
Red Chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder: 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder: 1 teaspoon
Garam masala powder: half teaspoon
Water: 2 cup
Ginger: 2 inch piece
Garlic: 4-6 flakes
Green chilli: 4 no.
Tomato: 1 no. (Medium size)
Capsicum: 1 no.
Whole Garam masala:(Clove: 3 no. Cinnamon: 2 inch stick Green cardamom: 2no.Black cardamom: 1 no. Mace: 2 inch piece Bay leaf: 2 no.)

Preparation:

Peel and Cut jackfruit with the help of knife and chopping board (Rub chopping board, knife and your hands with oil so that sticky milk of jackfruits is easily removed), put cut jack fruit slices in a bowl filled with water (otherwise it will turn dark brown as it contains lot of iron)
Chop onion, capsicum, tomato and green chilli, keep aside.
Make paste of ginger, garlic, keep aside.

Method:

Heat oil in a pan; add cumin, whole Garam masala, sputter for few seconds, add chopped onion; fry it on high flame for couple of minutes or till it gets translucent, add raw jack fruit, ginger and garlic paste, kewada leaf, green chilli , tomato and capsicum one by one in sequence, frying after 2 minutes each.
Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and salt, fry for couple of minutes, and add curd, reduce the flame to lower, cook about 7-8 minutes or till vegetables are 80% done.
Add Garam masala powder and butter stir fry and add hot water, place on high flame, when it starts to boil, add washed rice, and mix well cover it and lower the flame, cook until rice is done
Put off the flame; allow cooling for about 5-6 minutes, after cooling, stir lightly with the help of fork. Transfer raw jack fruit biryani into serving plate. Decorate with green coriander leaves and fried onion.
Mouth watering Raw jackfruit biryani is ready to eat with cucumber raita and red chilli pickle.