Breadfruit, a common vegetable in Udupi-Mangalore households can be a best substitute of potato. Though breadfruit has gummy texture when raw, it just melts in mouth when cooked. A big breadfruit tree in the backyard of my parents’ house has a large number of gorgeous green colored breadfruits hanging at the reach of our hands. These tender vegetables have been eyed by each and every one passing by the road. I am eagerly waiting for them to grow and get lovingly cooked in to stir fry or breadfruit bajji or breadfruit dosa or breadfruit curry.
A very simple and quick rice side dish breadfruit curry cooked lovingly by my mother had vibrant color and melt in mouth taste. I just went on eating these well cooked slices of breadfruit one after the other which had absorbed all spice and salt. The only daunting task in breadfruit curry preparation is peeling, slicing and removing fibrous part from it. Once done it just takes few minutes to cook them. YES..breadfruit needs little time to be soft, if you overcook them the slices will be mushy and the breadfruit curry loses the taste and texture. Read on the recipe…..
Breadfruit Curry Recipe
Ingredients
- Breadfruit- 1 Medium sized
- Tamarind- Lemon sized
- Jaggery- Lemon sized
- Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
- Salt- 2 tsp
- Toor dal- 4 tsp
- Fresh grated coconut- 1 cup
- Udupi sambar powder- 4 tsp
Instructions
Preparation
- Peel off the breadfruit and remove the fibrous part at the centre. Then slice them in to half inch thick pieces. Keep them immersed in water to avoid discoloration.
- Soak tamarind in half cup water for about 10 minutes extract it's juice and discard the residue.
- Pressure cook toor dal with little water till soft.
Method
- Heat a cooking pan/vessel adding breadfruit slices and water to the immersing level. Add turmeric powder, tamarind extract and jaggery. Let it cook in low flame till the breadfruit slices are soft.
- Meanwhile add grated coconut and Udupi sambar powder in to a mixer jar. Grind it in to fine paste adding water as required.
- Mix the ground coconut paste with cooked breadfruit slices. Add cooked toor dal and salt as well. Give a stir and bring it to boil.
- Melt in mouth breadfruit curry is ready to relish with steamed rice.
Note
- Breadfruit needs very less time to cook, so keep checking and do not overcook the pieces.
- If you do not have Udupi sambar powder in stock, then refer Ash gourd coconut curry to make it instantly.
- You can skip adding cooked toor dal to the curry but adding it enhances the taste.
Meet you all with one more interesting recipe. Till then bye.
