Cheema Chakka Thooran, bread fruit thooran i found this vegetable in a shop… remembered mom used to cook this, soft and tasty vegetable.. that too cooked with coconut masala is the most yummy part..

I Prepare this for the very first time.. it taste much much good.. we had this with garlic curry.. mom do few more recipes with this bread fruit/cheema chukka/ kadda chakka.. its little difficult to find this in our place, only in mangalorean stores or kerala stores we can see this… Can be paired with all kind of south Indian Curries.. Let you go with the recipe.

I had one more recipe with this kadda chukka, Click over it for the recipe Kadda chukka Theyal,

Cheema Chakka Thooran/ Kadda chakka Thooran/ Breadfruit curry

Prep Time: 15 mins    |  Cook time: 30 mins    |  Serves: 4

 Ingredients

Cheema Chakka	1 nos
Turmeric Powder	1/4 tsp
Salt	as needed

 To Grind

Coconut	1/4 cup
Green chillie	2 nos
Garlic	2-3 pods
Jeera	1 tsp
Curry Leaves	1/2 spring

 To Temper

Coconut Oil	3 tsp
Onion	1 finely chopped
Mustard	1/2 tsp
Urad dhal	1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves	1 spring
Red chillie	2 nos

 

Method

  1. Peel out the Cheema chukka and chop into bit sized pieces, wash 2-3 times in water, squeeze out, add some water till they immerse, add some turmeric powder and salt to it.. boil this and cook till they turns soft and the water dries up…

  2. Take the Coconut, Jeera, Green chillie, garlic and curry leaves in a blender and grind it coarsely [i miss to add curry leaves in it]..

 3. Heat a kadai with oil, temper with mustard, urad dhal, red chillie, Saute the onion and curry leaves to it..

 4. Add the cooked chukka and coconut masala, cook this in medium flame, there will some water stock in the chukka or sprinkle some water over it and cook it dry…

    Notes

• Celan the chakka and soak it salt water to retain its bright color.
• Don’t add more water to cook the chukka, add little water just to immerse it..