Chakka Varatti- Jackfruit Preserve/ Jam

Name: Chakka Varatti- Jackfruit Preserve/ Jam
Total time: 10800 s
Yield: 5-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 6 Cups Ripe Jack Fruit Flesh (Finely chopped); 3/4 to 1 Kilogram Jaggery; 1/2 - 1 Cup Ghee; 1 Tablespoon ginger Chukku / Dry powder; 1/2 Teaspoon Cardamom powder

Preetha Soumyan @cook_7800219

India

Chakka Varatti/Jackfruit Jam, is made from ripe jackfruit bulbs(removing the seed inside), along with jaggery and ghee. This jam if stored in a tight container, will stay for more than a year.
This is a time consuming preparation , it almost take 4-5 hours, but will taste like heaven , it just melts in our mouth.http://abowlofcurry.blogspot.com/2013/08/chakka-varatti-jackfruit-preserve-jam.html

Preetha Soumyan @cook_7800219

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Ingredients

180 mins

5-serving

6 CupsRipe Jack Fruit Flesh (Finely chopped)
3/4 to 1 KilogramJaggery
1/2 - 1 CupGhee
1 Tablespoonginger Chukku / Dry powder
1/2 TeaspoonCardamom powder

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Steps

180 mins

1

Deseed the flesh pieces of jackfruit and chop them into small pieces.
2

Pressure cook the jackfruit pieces with 1 cup of water, for about 6-8 whistles or until soft.
3

Cool down the cooked jackfruit and puree it in a mixer.
4

Heat 'Uruli' or a heavy bottomed pan. Transfer the jackfruit pulp to the pan/uruli and let the water disappear. Stir Continously.
5

In the meanwhile, heat a pan, melt jaggery with a cup of water, to a thick syrup.
6

Pour the melted jaggery to the jackfruit pulp and stir continuously.
7

Add ghee little by little, chukku, and cardamom powder.
8

Stir continuously, on a low flame. If it is sticking to the bottom of the pan, add ghee little by little.
9

Stir continuously without taking your hand, until oil separates from the sides, and it forms into one single lump.
10

Note You can roll into small balls and store in an air tight container. It can be preserved for more than a year.