Chakka Puzhukku

Name: Chakka Puzhukku
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 19 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Kerala)
Ingredients: 600g raw tender jackfruit (young green jackfruit), cleaned and cut into 5cm chunks; 1 tsp salt; 200ml water (for cooking jackfruit); 120g fresh grated coconut; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 2 green chillies; 4 shallots; 2 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp coconut oil; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 2-3 sprigs curry leaves

🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 68. Chakka Puzhukku recipe

⏱️10 minPrep

🔥9 minCook

🕒19 minTotal

🍽️4Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Chakka Puzhukku

Grind coconut paste (3 mins): Pulse grated coconut, turmeric, green chillies, shallots, and garlic in a mixer with 2 tbsp water to a coarse paste — do not grind smooth; some texture is essential.
Temper (2 mins): Heat coconut oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter fully. Add curry leaves — they will crackle. Pour over the jackfruit mixture and stir through immediately.
Serve: Mound into bowls. Serve hot with kanji (rice porridge) or eat on its own as a standalone breakfast with fish pickle on the side.

📖 Cultural notes

Chakka Puzhukku is the traditional monsoon breakfast of rural Kerala — when jackfruit is plentiful and every homestead tree yields fruit, families steam or boil the tender pods and eat them with coconut and curries as a complete meal. ---

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