The Jackfruit That Was

May 25, 2007 |

Picture taken in Kerala, India, 2006.

The following pics were taken last week after we got fresh jackfruit at the Thai store.

Jackfruit Boats with Almonds, Pistachios and Dates in Honey

Our entry for Jihva for Ingredients - Jackfruit.

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31 Comments

  1. Rinku says:

    Stunning pictures… As are some of the others on the site like the sunflowers.

  2. archana says:

    Excellent photos.Boats with pista etc too good .

  3. sra says:

    very nice pix

  4. Seena says:

    Great! Nice pictures..How lucky you got a fresh piece of jf..

  5. viji says:

    Beautiful pictures Bee. Viji

  6. Anita says:

    Total food porn guys! Drool…and I don’t even like ripe jackfruit that much!

  7. Santhi says:

    oh my god…i now know what temptation means….kothiyayitte vaiyya !

  8. Anonymous says:

    Lovely boats Bee n’ Jai.

    and i came looking for jackfruit paranthas :)

    they work, with raw jackfruit as does the biryani (which fools everyone). and also try raw papaya paranthas, pretty good too.

    Love the chakka seeds too :)

    someone has made parathas for JFI. you’ll see it at the roundup. - b.

  9. roopa says:

    wow, great idea.. yummy too jf with honey and all the dry fruits

  10. beens says:

    wow!!how did u manage to get rid of all that gluey,sticky stuff!!??

    this Thai jackfruit had no sticky gluey stuff. - j.

  11. Priya says:

    did anyone else get turned on by the pics ;)

  12. saj says:

    wow - will you look at those pictures!
    I have not had jackfruit since I was a child. I am looking forward to all the jackfruit recipes

  13. mallugirl says:

    i love the last photo! wow!and the close up.u got a jackfruit from the thai store? was it good? or was it different from the indian ones?

    it was very good. it was less sticky to deal with. it had much less gooey white stuff than the indian ones. - b.

  14. Coffee says:

    Your pics are making me want to give one try to JF! :D

  15. pelicano says:

    [pouts]That looks a lot better than the tinned pieces I just bought and was so proud of myself for finding.. :-(

    Those fresh, ripe pieces made into boats- a bit of a Mid-Eastern treatment no? I wonder how it would taste with a bit of malai? :-D Very tempting…yep, that is definitely food-porn!

    malai? yikes. you know how to get me all riled up, dontcha? :-) - b.

  16. Anita says:

    The pictures pop out of the page. Your posts are so evocative!
    I was reminded of my maternal grandmother’s home during summer vacations. Of the many jackfruit trees there, one of them bore really huge jackfruits that had to be tied with a rope and lowered down from the tree.

    The only quality that my grandmother chose to highlight and talk about to others about my father was how her city-fied son-in-law could wield an axe and in one smooth swing cut a huge jackfruit in two without splitting any of the seeds inside. Some exaggeration there. But it is true that I have never seen anyone cut a jackfruit with such little mess.
    And we do not see the end of the raw jackfruit once it has been converted into chips or puzhukku. From just the leftover core, with the addition of a few jackfruit seeds, my grandmother would prepare the most delicious varathu araccha curry ever.

    cooking the core? wow. that is really resourceful. that’s how people of our grandma’s generation were. - b.

  17. Priya says:

    I got a can of jackfruit form the International market and have no clue what I have to do with it. I am too tempted to just have it as is…and also want to make something out of them :( You have put me into a huge dilemma Bee ;-) But the best part is all my roomies hate it..so I have it all to myself :-)

    eat it with dulce de leche or rum and raisin ice cream. make a jackfruit sundae. - b.

  18. musical says:

    Ah! that anonymous was me! the one who came asking paranthas ;) i was posting from another computer, forgot to even sign in!!

    i know, i know. i can sniff you out anywhere. :-) - b.

  19. Cynthia says:

    Oh Bee & Jai, such creative, revealing pics. I am now the wiser as the what the jackfruit is, inside and out.

  20. InjiPennu says:

    6th picture is tooo much! :(

  21. Linda says:

    Awesome photos of fresh jackfruit!!! I haven’t seen that in any of the Asian stores here — only in cans. Looking forward to your JFI Jackfruit Bonanza :)

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  23. raghavendra says:

    :yes: it is really bind blowing items

  24. TRADERJANKI says:

    can you guys post a recipe for Jackfruit subji/shaak? When I was studying abroad in Udaipur, my host mother made me an amazing jackfruit shaak. My parents have since attempted to replicate it but failed to capture the masala correctly… but if you guys have a recipe up your sleeve, please do share!

    there are a lot of jackfruit recipes here.
    http://jugalbandi.info/2007/06/jihva-for-jackfruit-roundup/

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  28. Sibichan says:

    Don’t write jackfruits away. In the eastern parts of Kerala they form part of the staple food when the season is on the go. Everyone- the poor and the rich - has approach to it. Its juice is used in the preparation of breakfast. Raw jackfruit is used in preparing curry for the lunch.Ripe ones are turned into halwa and used as jam. Then there are jackfruit fries which contain a lot of protein.

    Sibichan

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