Raw Jack fruit pieces cut into thin slices and dried in sun to prepare sundried jackfruit slices . These sun dried jackfruit slices can be used for the preparation of various jackfruit recipes like Chakka puzhukku, pickles and jackfruit chips . Jackfruit is a great source of antioxidant ,vitamin C and vitamin A . It also promotes skin health and helps strengthen bones.

Soak 200 gm of dried jackfruit slices in clean water for 3 hours. The water should be on level with the jackfruit slices.Once it is soaked for 3 hours, the dried jackfruit pieces would drink up the water and increase its size.Now, squeez and remove the remaining water and take the jackfruit pieces.

Wash again in fresh water and transfer slices in to a steamer and cook it for half an hour by adding enough water (Use fresh water again). Close the lid of the vessel while cooking. (In between, check whether the jackfruit is cooked or not).Meanwhile, ground the sufficient quantity of grated coconut, green chillies, turmeric powder, curry leaves and shallots to form a coarse mixture. Keep it aside.Once it is cooked, water presence would be less as reduced through evaporation.

Now add the coarse coconut mixture on top and sprinkle some salt for the taste.Close the lid and simmer it for few minutes. When the steam comes again, open the lid and mix the ingredients with a ladle. The cooked item will be of a greenish yellow texture.When it is ready, serve it hot with Bird’s eye chilli chutney (Kantari mulaku chutney) or non-veg recipes.