Thursday, July 30, 2009

JACKFRUIT FRIED RICE

Ingredients:

250gm, green jackfruit(cut in to equal medium size)
2 cup long grained basmati rice
2 Onion, chopped
1/2 cup, tomato puree
1/2 tsp, Garlic paste
1 tsp Ginger paste
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsp Ground cumin seeds
2 cloves
2 Cardamoms
1 tsp, Garam masala
1 Cinnamon stick
1 Bay leaf
Juice of a 1 fresh lime
coriander leaves, chopped
Oil for frying
Salt to taste

Method:

* Wash the rice and soak it in cold water for at least 15 minutes.

* Drain water from soaked rice and place the rice in a heavy bottomed vessel with 4 cups of water, salt and few drops of oil.

* Cover it and bring to boil 5 minutes on high heat. After five minutes, uncover it and cook on low heat until rice becomes just tender. Rice should not be overcooked.

* Now heat oil in a non sticky pan and add jackfruit pieces and fry them for 10 min on medium heat and keep aside.

* Now sauté a cumin seeds and fry garlic and onion till golden brown.

* Add tomato puree, turmeric and ginger paste, mix well and fry them for 3-4 minutes.

* Add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaf and garam masala.

* Add cooked rice and Mix lemon juice and Place the jackfruit in the rice without breaking the pieces and stay on high flame for few minutes till rice becomes hot.

* Turn the rice out on a serving plate and arrange some jack fruit pieces on top.

* Garnish with chopped .

Enjoy your jack fruit fried rice!

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