The Jackfruit That Was

May 25, 2007 |

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Picture taken in Kerala, India, 2006.

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The following pics were taken last week after we got fresh jackfruit at the Thai store.
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Jackfruit Boats with Almonds, Pistachios and Dates in Honey

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Our entry for Jihva for Ingredients - Jackfruit.

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28 Comments so far

  1. Rinku on May 25, 2007 9:16 pm

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

  2. archana on May 25, 2007 9:16 pm

    Excellent photos.Boats with pista etc too good .

  3. sra on May 25, 2007 9:24 pm

    very nice pix

  4. Seena on May 25, 2007 9:42 pm

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

  5. viji on May 25, 2007 10:10 pm

    Beautiful pictures Bee. Viji

  6. Anita on May 25, 2007 10:20 pm

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

  7. Santhi on May 25, 2007 11:55 pm

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

  8. Anonymous on May 26, 2007 12:25 am

    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 on May 26, 2007 1:08 am

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

  10. beens on May 26, 2007 6:46 am

    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 on May 26, 2007 8:06 am

    did anyone else get turned on by the pics ;)

  12. saj on May 26, 2007 9:54 am

    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. Suma Gandlur on May 26, 2007 10:32 am

    Just gorgeous.

  14. mallugirl on May 26, 2007 3:37 pm

    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.

  15. Coffee on May 26, 2007 4:47 pm

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

  16. pelicano on May 26, 2007 5:02 pm

    [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.

  17. Anita on May 26, 2007 5:06 pm

    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.

  18. Priya on May 26, 2007 5:22 pm

    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.

  19. musical on May 27, 2007 5:47 am

    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.

  20. Cynthia on May 27, 2007 7:19 am

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

  21. InjiPennu on May 29, 2007 7:38 am

    Sadists! :(

  22. InjiPennu on May 29, 2007 7:39 am

    6th picture is tooo much! :(

  23. Linda on May 31, 2007 9:43 am

    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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  26. raghavendra on August 6, 2007 1:26 pm

    :yes: it is really bind blowing items

  27. TRADERJANKI on January 8, 2008 7:40 am

    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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