Raw jackfruit is a good source of dietary fiber, vitamin C, potassium, and other nutrients. Jackfruit is used as a meat substitute in dishes such as curries, stews, and stir-fries due to its meaty texture and ability to absorb flavors. Here are some delicious jackfruit dishes.
Jackfruit Curry
It is a very delicious and popular curry made with unripe jackfruit cooked in a blend of spices, onions, and tomato gravy and served with rice or bhakri.
Jackfruit Biryani
Biryani is an evergreen dish made with marinated jackfruit pieces, a blend of rich spices, vegetables, and basmati rice cooked on slow flame giving dum, and garnished with brown fried onion and saffron water.
Jackfruit Tacos
Jackfruit can easily substitute for meat and can be blended with any kind of dish that consists of meat; hence they also go well in tacos. Cooked with spices, salsa, and lime juice, is a flavorful and healthy option for those who do not eat meat.
Jackfruit Tikki
They can be an amazing and healthy snacking option made by blending unripe jackfruit with spices, potato, and other vegetables and then dividing into equal portions and shaping into a small but thick disc shape and shallow fry in a pan on a medium flame.
Jackfruit Pickle
Delicious and spice mixed with sundried jackfruit chunks and their seeds along with whole or coarse pieces of green chilli, ginger, and garlic dipped in mustard oil under the sun for half a month for slight fermentation can have a shelf life of upto one year. It acts as a natural probiotic improving gut health.
