My Grandma's Recipe: How to make…Palaa kottai varuval

This dish made from jackfruit seeds is quick and easy to make. The seeds are nutritious and can be used as an alternative to potato. I learnt this recipe from my grandmother.

What you need

Jackfruit seeds, pressure cooked and cut – 1 cup

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Sambar powder – 2 tsp

Salt – for taste

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Curry leaves - a few

Oil – as required

Cooking instructions

Heat oil, add the mustard seeds and let splutter. Add curry leaves.

Add the cooked jackfruit seeds, turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt. Mix well.

Cover the pan with a lid.

On a medium flame roast the seeds, stirring occasionally.

Serve with sambar rice, rasam rice or curd rice.

Bharathi Ramesh is a homemaker who loves to read and write poems.