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Mango and jackfruit pachadi

When we have abundance of ripe jackfruit and ripe mangoes. I make pachadi out of it.

Today I had a few very ripe jackfruit pieces, so thought of making the jackfruit pachadi. It so happened today, I also had one raw mango and one small cup of ripe mango. I thought the ripe and raw mangoes in the same dish will balance the sweet,sour taste.

So here is the simplest recipe which you can do with a handfuls of ripe jackfruit, mango and of course a raw mango!

Ingredients

6-10 ripe jackfruit pieces, thinly sliced

A small cup of ripe mango pieces

1 sliced raw mango

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 tablespoon jaggery

1 teaspoon red chilli powder

2 green chilies slit

A pinch of heeng

Salt as required.

For the tadka

1 teaspoon coconut/gingly oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp urad dal

1 red chilli broken

Few curry leaves

Method

In a stoneware add one cup water, add chopped jackfruit, ripe and raw mango and cook.

Add turmeric powder, salt and slit green chilies. Cook till the jackfruit is tender.

We can add the jaggery, red chilli powder, heeng and cook for a while.Off stove 

In a small pan pour a teaspoon of gingly or coconut oil, heat it, add mustard,urad dal and let it splutter. Add a broken red chilli and some curry leaves. Pour it on top of the prepared pachadi.

The pachadi can be enjoyed with rice, roti and as a side dish.