Idichakka Thoran, a popular dry curry from Kerala Cuisine. Tender green jackfruit are cooked and crushed with pestle and mortar and tossed with coconut based spice mixture and finally enhanced with tempering. Its usually served as a side dish with rice.
Idichakka Thoran (Raw Jackfruit Stir Fry), my mom-in-law used to do this often. I learnt this recipe from her. In Kerala, they call this curry as Idichakka Thuvaran. The reason for this name is, in earlier days, people need to cook the raw(tender) jackfruit and they mince the cooked jackfruit in mortar and pestle that’s why the name Idichakka(Chakkaya Idikaradhu). But now, we all are using mixer and grinder instead of mortar and pestle. I have also crushed the cooked jackfruit pieces in mixer only. But mixer crushing makes it more coarse than the hand crushed. If you have a mortar and pestle, then choose them instead of mixer to get more nicer and traditional curry.
Tips for making perfect Idichakka Thoran:
Use tender and small green Jackfruit for this thoran. We can also use frozen or tinned jackfruit also if you don’t have option of getting fresh raw jackfruit
Apply coconut oil or cooking oil in your hand before cleaning the jack fruit, so that you can avoid gum of the jack fruit sticking to your hand
Use coconut oil for tempering to get original flavor of the thoran
Be generous in coconut to have a rich coconut flavor in the thoran
Idichakka Thuvaran Recipe | Raw Jackfruit Stir Fry
Course: Accompaniment, Dry Curry, Poriyal, Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, Indian Recipes, Kerala, South Indian, South Indian Recipes
Equipments Needed
Pressure Cooker
Mixer Grinder
Heavy Bottomed Pan
Prep Time: 15minutes
Cook Time: 30minutes
Servings: 4people
Calories: 114kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Idichakka Thoran, a popular dry curry from Kerala Cuisine. Tender green jackfruit are cooked and crushed with pestle and mortar and tossed with coconut based spice mixture and finally enhanced with tempering. Its usually served as a side dish with rice.
Remove the outer skin of the Jackfruit and cut the fleshy parts into chunks. Wash them well. Take the chopped jackfruit pieces in a sauce pan along with salt, red chilli powder and turmeric powder and add water and cook it in stove top. We can also pressure cook them and allow it for 2 whistles. Sometimes pressure cooker method, makes them so mushy and hence I prefer to cook it in stove top. The jackfruit pieces need to be just cooked and not over cooked.
While the jackfruit is getting cooked, we can take the grinding ingredients to the mixer and grind it to a nice powder without adding any water
Once the jackfruit pieces are just cooked, drain the water using a strainer and allow them to cool off. Take little of the cooked jackfruit pieces in a mixer
Just give a pulse or two to just mince them. Do not grind it too much. Repeat the same for remaining cooked pieces. Do it batch by batch otherwise, we could end up with mushy jackfruit. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add broken red chillies and curry leaves and saute them for a second.
Then add finely chopped onions along with pinch of salt and turmeric and saute them till they turn transparent. Then add the crushed jackfruit and mix well.
Add the ground coconut powder and adjust the salt and mix them well. Keep in low flame and stir fry them for a minute and then remove from flame
The yummy Idichakka Thoran (Raw Jackfruit Stir Fry) is now ready to serve!
Nutritional Info
Nutrition Facts
Idichakka Thuvaran Recipe | Raw Jackfruit Stir Fry
Amount Per Serving (100 g)
Calories 114Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Carbohydrates 13g4%
Protein 4g8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures:
Remove the outer skin of the Jackfruit and cut the fleshy parts into chunks. Wash them well. Take the chopped jackfruit pieces in a sauce pan along with salt, red chilli powder and turmeric powder and add water and cook it in stove top. We can also pressure cook them and allow it for 2 whistles. Sometimes pressure cooker method, makes them so mushy and hence I prefer to cook it in stove top. The jackfruit pieces need to be just cooked and not over cooked.
While the jackfruit is getting cooked, we can take the grinding ingredients to the mixer and grind it to a nice powder without adding any water
Once the jackfruit pieces are just cooked, drain the water using a strainer and allow them to cool off. Take little of the cooked jackfruit pieces in a mixer
Just give a pulse or two to just mince them. Do not grind it too much. Repeat the same for remaining cooked pieces. Do it batch by batch otherwise, we could end up with mushy jackfruit. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add broken red chillies and curry leaves and saute them for a second.
Then add finely chopped onions along with pinch of salt and turmeric and saute them till they turn transparent. Then add the crushed jackfruit and mix well.
Add the ground coconut powder and adjust the salt and mix them well. Keep in low flame and stir fry them for a minute and then remove from flame
The yummy Idichakka Thoran (Raw Jackfruit Stir Fry) is now ready to serve!
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