In my childhood home in Kolkata, we have a small backyard. In an unpaved corner, my grandfather had planted a Jackfruit tree.I grew up eating fruit from our own tree, even in an urban setup.That was the beginning of my love for plants and trees.The shade of this tree made our home cool, even in the scorching summers.
In Bengali, the young tender jackfruit is called echor and the ripe variety ,kathal.The fruit is great cooked raw as a savoury dish, or eaten as a ripe fruit.Either way, it’s delicious if had at the right time.It has a tough slightly spiky outer skin and a very sticky inner gum ,which needs to be removed before the fruit can be enjoyed.
The seed of the fruit when dried and fried and gives a wonderful nutty flavour in dishes.The seeds can be boiled, fried or baked.Echor as the raw variety can be made into mouth-watering spicy dishes.It is often cooked just like mutton , with all spices possible.It makes a delicious nonvegetarian variation called echor chingri with prawns!
Jackfruit benefits
It’s a rich source of Vitamin B6 or Pyridoxine and is a rare fruit which has significant amounts of B complex vitamins.It also has some amount of Vitamin C, E .The fresh fruit is also a good source of potassium, magnesium, manganese, and iron.
Cool fact to improve GK & brain power
Jackfruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh.It is the largest of all fruits, weighing between 4.5 to 30 kg Jackfruit is a multiple aggregate fruit It is actually an inflorescence where each floret turns into a fruit
Jackfruit trees have up to 150 jackfruits during two yearly harvests.They grow in very hot climates and the tough skin of the fruits is a natural deterrent to pests.Jackfruit is grown across several countries of south and south-east Asia ,providing for some of the planet’s poorest and most populous countries.
India is the largest producer of Jackfruits an economically important tree.It is also an ornamental tree, popular for bringing good luck to the household.
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I am not fond of jack fruit , but shall try it soon. Thanks for informative post.
Raw jackfruit is a vegetable and fruit also is yummy however I enjoy it sometimes and some days dont feel like having it at all
Thanks for reading.
Wow didn’t know echor had the properties of rending one with brain power. Love it in both forms. Unfortunately we don’t get the ripe one here. Thank you for sharing.
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I absolutely detest it, i can’t even stand that smell which a lot of people find ‘aromatic’!!!! I have some sort of an aversion towards it.
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I remembered my childhood days after reading your post Amrita. We have Jackfruit plant in my grand mother’s house. We used to fry the seeds and eat. Cutting the big jack fruit together with my cousins is our fun time. I never knew its benefits though until i read your post.
Thanks Ramya
I love jackfruit- the unripe one that is used to make the tastiest Indian curry… Ripe one has too heavy and strong fragrance…. Summer’s here…. 🙂
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Kathal! My mom used to make it! Vegetarian non-veg! 😀
It is so sticky… I’ve never tried to make it. Apparently, you have to smear oil over your palms before you cut it. Though some veggie vendors do that for you. Didn’t know it was so nutritional.
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We call it Kathal and my mom used to make it sometimes and I loved it. I dont think I can make it the way she used to work hard while cooking it. We had a favourite restaurant where we used to get kathal sabzi in a thali. Your post took me back to my childhood days. 🙂
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I have always enojyed it as a delicious curry my mom made at home. The ripe fruit is seen all over the streets in Bangalore, never tried it though.
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I love jackfruit…its tasty…friend of mine used to call it ‘veg’ meat:P
I love jackfruit, though have always had and made it as a vegetable. I have seen it being sold as a ripe fruit all over Maharashtra and South India, but have never tasted it. Incidentally, I have not seen it being sold as ripe fruit in North India,
I’m not fond of jackfruit verymuch but your post explained a lot of qualities about it Rich source of Vitamin B complex will recommend to my patients
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We call is Fanas in Maharashtra and Kathal in the North of India. Love jackfruit! So lucky you grew up eating the fruit off the tree in your yard!:)
Last week, I spotted some ripe jackfruit and fed it to my Delhi bred family for the first time.. oh the surprise!!! They only new this as a vegetable and not as a fruit!
I love the sabzi made from kathal. I have never had the fruit. and I didn’t know any of the information you have shared here.. thank you 🙂 Sounds lovely. I had papaya and lemon tress in our home until recently – so, i know the joy of plucking and eating fresh 🙂
I love the ripe jackfruit and have a mean jackfruit salad recipe which you must try http://foodities.in/quick-easy-jackfruit-salad/
we call it Kathal too and during the season, it’s just everywhere. My new favorite is kathal curry that my husband once made. It taste so yumm. Hey I know the answer to that question 😀
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