Name: Varikka Chakka Pulao
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cups Long grain rice (washed and soaked 30 mins); 1 cup Raw jackfruit segments (deseeded & quartered); 2 nos Carrots (sliced thin and long); 1/2 cup Green peas; 1 no Onion (cut in thin strips); 5 nos Green chillies (finely chopped); 1 tsp Ginger paste; 1 tsp Garlic paste; 1 tbsp Coriander leaves; 1 sprig Spring onion (finely chopped); 1/2 cup Curd; 2 tbsp Grated coconut; 2 tsp Lemon juice; 1/2 tsp Sugar; Salt (As reqd); 2 tbsp Milk; 3 tbsp Oil

Varikka Chakka Pulao

Raw Jack fruit Pulao

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

2 cups Long grain rice washed and soaked 30 mins
1 cup Raw jackfruit segments deseeded & quartered
2 nos Carrots sliced thin and long
1/2 cup Green peas
1 no Onion cut in thin strips
5 nos Green chillies finely chopped
1 tsp Ginger paste
1 tsp Garlic paste
1 tbsp Coriander leaves
1 sprig Spring onion finely chopped
1/2 cup Curd
2 tbsp Grated coconut
2 tsp Lemon juice
1/2 tsp Sugar
Salt As reqd
2 tbsp Milk
3 tbsp Oil

Instructions

Boil rice in salt water with a little turmeric powder, till 3/4 cooked.
Drain, spread in a plate, keep aside to cool.
Heat oil in a frying pan.
Add jackfruit and fry till light golden. Drain. Keep aside.
:- Do not let it become crispy.
Heat up the remaining oil.
Add onions and stir fry till dark brown. Drain. Keep aside.
Add carrots, green peas, chillies, ginger and garlic and stir fry for 3 - 4 mins.
Into the same oil, add curd and cook till the curd is well mixed.
Add spring onions, lemon, sugar and salt. Stir for a minute.
Add coconut and mix.
Add the fried jackfruit pieces, fried onions and pour the curd mixture over rice.
Mix gently till well blended.
Transfer the contents into a pressure cooker.
Sprinkle 2 tbsp of milk on top.
Cook on the lowest flame without whistle for 10 - 15 mins.
:- Serve hot with onion tomato raita.

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Varikka Chakka Pulao