JACK FRUIT PRADHAMAN

JACK FRUIT PRADHAMAN

INGREDIENTS:

• Ripe jack fruit                               -        12 pieces                      
• Ghee                                               -        2tbsp                                      
• Powdered jiggery                         -        1cup                
• Powdered cardamom                  -        ½ tspn           
• Coconut bits(fried in ghee)        -        2tbsp
• Ripe coconut                                 -        1 

METHOD

• Grate the coconut, grind (blend) in a mixie.
• Keep in a vessel and pour 1½  cups of hot boiling water.
• Allow to cool squeeze out the coconut milk.
• Strain through a strainer. The 1st milk will be thick.
• In this way extract the milk 2 more times by adding 1 cup hot boiling water.
  Keep each milk separately.
• Each time the milk the milk must be atleast 1½  litre capacity.
• Remove the inner seed from each jack fruit.
• Slice the jack fruit into small pieces.
• In a thick bottomed vessel heat ghee and fry jack fruit pieces for 5 min.
• Now pour the coconut milk which you have taken the 3^rd time.
• When the jack fruit is well cooked, add jaggery and allow to boil for 10 mins.
• Now add the milk you
  
  have taken the 2 time.
• Boil well till it is slightly thickned.
• Add the 1^st  milk, remove from the fire mix well.
• Add the powdered elaichi (cardamom) and the coconut bits fried in ghee.