Jackfruit: Nutrition, Health Benefits & Recipe | Jackfruit Overview
Jackfruit / Chakka Payam
The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), family (Moraceae). It's exotic fruit native to southern India, grow now another parts of the world like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the rain forests area of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Jackfruit is mainly used in South and Southeast Asian cuisines. Jackfruit use prepare different varieties, all are different taste. Both ripe and unripe fruits are consumed. it is a big fruit and give lots of health benefits.
Jackfruit Tree / Plavu
Jack tree is very height. Normally matured tree attain 15 to 24 metres height. some varieties are short plant. today budded or grafted plants are available. this are get fast result in short period. tree only have short tree. Jack tree malayalees call "plavu". The tree decorated with green leaf this riped leaves are change colour green to orange. Riped leaves are used for making children's temporary kitchenset and used for idili or other dishes moulds.
Jackfruit / Chakka
The word jackfruit name comes from Portuguese . Malayalam language known "chakka" or 'chakka pazham", English name is "Jackfruit".
Jackfruit outside portion decorated with thorn so, care. Outside green to light yellow colour. inner portion pulp (chakka chula) is yellow colour some fruit light orange colour. this fruit are very sweet and tasty. mainly two types jackfruit. one, very soft not need knife for this cutting process can do with hand. then one light hard more than soft jackfruit. malayalees two types are called "pazham chakka" "varikka chakka". other some varities are known with place like Malaysian jackfruit.
Riped and unripe fruits are useful. jackfruit use prepare diffrent varities. contain lots of nutrients and health benefits. a matured Normal jack tree produces some 100 to 150 fruits per year. The ripe fruit is sweet (depending on variety) and is more often used for desserts.
Jackfruit Seed / Chakka Kuru
This seed is have two coating . First coating is white colour next is red. colour, this portion is very nutritiounal part.
“Know about Jack fruit seed health benefits do not throw outside. Include in jackfruit seed more vitamin like rich in thiamine and riboflavin also all are helps to our skin ,eyes , hair health and improve immunity power. in ayurveda it useful for medicine purpose. Chakka seed use prepare many dishesh like payasam, juice, chakkakuru mezhukkupuratti, curry. All dishes are very tasty”.
Health benefits of Jackfruit
- Improve immunity system
- Good for heart diseases
- Constipation
- Prevent cancer
- Healthy skin
- Improve immunity system
Jackfruit is a included many nutrients. all are helps to improve immunity system. Contains more antioxidant content more than other foods. It can help you overall all diseases overcome.
- Good for heart diseases
Jackfruit contain lots of antioxidant, fiber and pottasium. this are helps to reduce the risk of heart diseases.
- Constipation
More loaded with fiber it can help you digestive problems. Easy to constipation problems.
- Prevent cancer
Jackfruit contain phytonutrients. that helps to our body from prevent forming cancer cells.
- Healthy skin
Jackfruit loaded with Vitamin C. Vitamin C has been shown to help keep skin looking young and fresh. All time keep our body glamorous and keep very young.
Nutrition Contain in Jackfruit
One cup sliced fruit provides the nutrients are below;
- Calories 155
- Carbs 40 gram
- Fiber 3grams
- Protein 3grams
- Vitamin A 10% of the RDI
- Vitamin c 18% of the RDI
- Riboflavin 11% of the RDI
- Magnesium 15% of the RDI
- Potassium 14% of the RDI
- Copper 15% of the RDI
- Manganese 16% of the RDI
Do you know? How to eat Jackfruit !
Jack fruit eating process is very different. When you are ready to cut must care. ripe jackfruit are very tasty. Jackfruit outside Portion decorated with thorn but not over sharp. wash until clean. take knife apply oil for to prevent staining (Malayalam name valanheen) then cut centre portion.
See the yellow in inner portion. this portion is used for eating. Cut four equal parts for easy take fruit, in case of ripe fruit. In case of unripe, take jackfruit and clean. Remove all thorn pod part are knife. Then fruit slice small cuts. Remove all jackfruit seed. Ready for cooking.
How to store Jackfruit
It is a big fruit so, must know about store procedure. Take fruit from pod then clean all portion change in to air tight container or wrap use tightly close. In Refrigerator upto 1 weak will remain undamaged after days change smell and taste. in freezer it keep upto 2 or 3 month. Fried jackfruit will remain is long time. Fried jackfruit use with bakery items.
Dishes
Jackfruit use prepare many healthy items. both ripe and unripe are used for food preparation. two types are very tasty. change to other dishes it will increase double taste. Jackfruit seed are used to food preparation. It is a super healthy food. some varieties are Chakka puzhukk, chakka varatti, fried jackfruit, payasam, chakka kumbil. chakka use different snacks, chakka unniyappam, chakka halwa, chakka cacke, jackfruit seed curry.
Jackfruit use have more and more tasty recipes. Malayalees know more dishes use Jackfruit. All dishes are variety. some dishes method are described below;
Chakka puzhukk
Very tasty recipe use unripe jackfruit.
Ingredients:
- Peeled jackfruit -10 pcs
- Coconut - 1/2 cup grated
- Curry leaves - 10
- Salt for taste
- Turmeric powder - 1tsp
- Green chilli - 6nos
- Garlic - 2
- Cumin seeds - 1/2tsp
- Coconut oil - 4tsp
- Mustard - 1tsp
Method
- Remove Jackfruit ( chakka chula) seed and flowers (chakka chavini) and chakkakuru). Clean then slice the jackfruit small pieces.
- take pressure cooker or any other cooking kadai put into all jackfruit pieces and add salt ,turmeric powder, one cup of water and stir well. close pressure cooker on medium flame, wait for one vessel.
- in this time take mixi put coconut, green chilli, cumin seeds, shallots, garlic, curry leaves and add some water. crush all together.
- pressure cooker open stir well.
- take kadai pour oil heat time add mustard. then add jackfruit and crushed mixture stir well for mixing all ingredients. after 5 minute flame off. this item With chattini, chammanthi, unakkameen all are super combination.
Chakka Varatti
Yummy chakkavaratty using ripe jackfruit. all ingredients are your needs.
Ingredients:
- Jackfruit
- Ghee
- Jaggery
Method
- Take some water and put jaggery. wait for dissolve and thick consistency. stir well and keep aside
- Take jackfruit put into mixi no need water roughly crush. if you need cut this stage
- you can get a paste consistency
- flame one take kadai. pour strained Jaggery syrup stir until thick
- add jack fruit paste into kadai. Stir well use your whisk. boil time change to low flame
- it will splutter so be a distance
- remove moisture in the kadai after 10 minutes. this time feel more thick. keep mixing
- now, add ghee in intervels. Feel a rollable form consistency then flame off wait for cool, now ready enjoy chakkavaratty.