Jack Fruit Jam
- 01
- November
- 2009
Jack Fruit Jam:
Chakka Varati. Pala Pazha Halwa. Palapazham Halwa/Jam. Chakka Varattiyadhu.
My Mommy learnt this recipe from her friend Geetha (whose native is Palakkad). Mommy learnt bunch of Kerala specialities from her(will share with you’ll in future). Both my Mother and Geetha Auntie are excellent singers, all they do is sing and cook together. Oh those were days, man.
When I was a little girl…while they were talking about ‘Chakka Varati’…I used to mispronounce it as ‘Chakaravarthi’…he he. Now only that I can understand ‘Chakka’ means ‘Jack fruit’ in Malayalam and ‘Varati’ should possibly mean ‘reduced’?! Girls help me!
Well, what is this about ‘making jam – no big a deal’ one can simply immerse any fruit in the syrup and achieve it! Is that all you think! Then change your opinion, friends. Stay tuned for the remaining part of the recipe! Yes…how am going to use this jam, is the exciting part actually! Wait till my next post.:)
Ingredients:
Jack Fruit (pulp) 1 cup
Jaggery 1/2 cup
Ghee as you wish
Cardamom pods 6 crushed
Dry ginger powder 1/4 spoon
Coconut grated few spoons.
Method:
In a wide vessel, heat ghee…add cardamom and ginger powders to it.
Add jaggery and just enough water to cover it. Once it turns to syrup…start adding the chopped pulp. Cover and cook for few minutes.
Hmm, if you like smooth homogenous jam, you can actually puree the pulp. Well…I like them bit chunky.
Then you know, simmer it down and constantly stir to achieve the jam perfection. Run ghee, whenever you feel like. Also toss grated coconut before you finish.
Set aside, bring this down to room temperature and refrigerate the same.
Very nice recipe… Recipes passed form mom are always the best
very new to me…..excellent.Do we get fresh jack fruit in USA?
Hi Sailaja,
I don’t think so…we cud ever get jack fruits in US. Maybe in very big cities. Hmm, one cud try ‘canned jack fruits’.
I prepared this, when I went to India.
Wha a great idea! That looks and sounds so good. I LOVE jackfruit! I always have canned jack fruit in my pantry, I’ll give this recipe a try soon, thanks for sharing.
p.s. So cute that your mom and your aunt sing while cooking. We do that in Thailand too. It’s fun, isn’t it?
Delicious and never heard about this jackfruit jam…yummy!
very nice….so new to me…looks yummy!!!
Wow yummy!!!! Tempting, though am not a lover of jackfruit…I love it in this form.
He he chackravarti I usually think of that word too
Jackfruit jam, sounds very tasty!
oh wow!!! really yummy!!!
Jam looks so good. Nice recipe. YUM!
delicious jam malar….
Similar to our kerala Jackfruit varattiyathu…Looks yummy dear.
Mmm.. delicious pazhapala jam..!
i love jackfruit. This chaka varati sounds yum!!
You know i have not had this for atleast 20 years, i remember mom used to make this in huge quantity and keep them in barani.
I used to love it, we used to eat with bread, puttu, ada etc. drool.
This is my fav,i miss my amma’s chakka varatiyathu ,yummmm
Wow!! malar ur making hungry..yum yum looks very tempting and tremendous!!My all time favorite..whenever i visit kerala my granny used to do it for me…
wow …never heard of this one….looks nice
malar u r making me think of jack fruit which I don’t get here, jack fruit in any form is yummy, never tasted jack fruit jam, If i get it in tins here I must try this…
Cool..never heard of jack fruit jam..looks very nice.
Looks good and yummy.
Nice recipe,very interesting one…
actually, I have never tasted jackfruit jams; that must be delicious! interesting recipe and different too with the ginger powder and coconut and jaggery; nice post!
பலாப்பழ ஜாம் புதுசா இருக்கு.பார்க்கும் போதே சாப்பிடனும் போல இருக்கு..
Very cool recipe. I love jackfruit but never mae jam before