Jackfruit Seed Fritters

Jackfruit Seed Fritters are sweet dish prepared using seeds of jackfruit. The seeds are cooked with jaggery and coconut to make soft mixture. Small balls of this mixture are dipped in a rice flour batter and deep fried. This is a speciality from Mangalore region.

Ingredients:

Jackfruit seeds – 20, peeled
Jaggery – 1 cup, powdered
Coconut – 1 cup, grated
Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste

For batter:

Rice – 1/2 cup, soaked for 1 hour( or use rice flour)
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Water – 1/2 cup

Method:

1. Boil peeled jackfruit seeds until they are cooked.Do not overcook.
2. Smash the boiled seeds.
3. In a mixing bowl, mix smashed seeds, coconut, jaggery, cardamom powder and salt.
4. Take small portions of these mixture and make small roundels.
5. Grind rice with water, turmeric powder and salt into a smooth paste(if using rice flour, mix it with water, salt and turmeric powder).
6. Dip each roundel in this rice batter and deep fry in oil.
7. Serve it hot. You can even store them in air tight containers for 2-3days once cooled to room temperature.