Jackfruit products – Kitchen friendly products with no preservatives
Jackfruit products – Kitchen friendly products with no preservatives
Jackfruit products a new food challenge – Jackfruit products (Chakka) company in Kerala proposes to market innovative ready to cook ready to eat products. Jackfruit …. A miracle crop – a vegetable and a fruit , the largest tree fruit in the world. A single tree yields two to three tons of fruit each year…Jack fruit the fruit is rich in body –cleansing ,hunger satisfying fiber, low in calories free of cholesterol and gluten.How much jackfruit we waste?
How much jackfruit does India waste?
Nobody knows for sure. Some say 75 per cent. According to some sources, Kerala wastes around 35 crore jackfruits annually. State wise area and production figures for jackfruit are not easily available. In fact, nobody seems to have taken jackfruit seriously so as to compute such statistics from time to time.An accurate data is not available on the area under jackfruit cultivation or the volume of the fruit produced, let alone the wastage. There is a huge data gap. But going by the different reports, the country could be wasting jackfruit worth Rs 2,000 crore. The actual loss could be much higher.If we take the same basic figures, and wastage on Kerala and Karnataka would each exceed One Crore Rupees each every year.
How can we minimize the wastage of jackfruit?
Only one motto” Ready to cook (RTC) , ready to eat (RTE) and value addition”
Jackfruit raw and ripe,jackfruit seeds can be processed to make a number of products.Ready to cook and Ready to Eat products of Jackfruit based on processed Mature ripe and seed are kitchen friendly and preservative free. Processing of Jackfruit include semi processing the seeding, slicing , sterilizing and reducing the moisture level to bare minimum to keep without preservative up to two years.
Have a look at the detailed list of jackfruit products,how to use ….
A. Unripe jackfruits – How mature jackfruits helps fight diabetes?
Sliced and dried raw jackfruit, Arinja chakka chola unakkiyatu
Method of preparation
- Soak 250gm of dried jackfruit slices in clean water for 4 hours.
- Once it is soaked for 4 hours, the dried jackfruit pieces would drink up the water and increase its size.
- Do not drain off the water, since it will reduce its benefits.
- Transfer it to a cooker and cook it for 2-3 whistles.
- Read more on Sliced and dried raw jackfruit, Arinja chakka chola unakkiyatu
B. Dehydrated – Mature Jackfruit – Mature Jackfruit processed (sliced bulb sterilized in 160 degree steam and dehydrated , Vaccume Packed with nitrogen fleshing)
- Shelf Life – One Year
- Usage : Soak in water for Two hours and can be used as fresh jackfruit slice for making puzhukku, chips, biriyani and curries
Unripe jackfruit – How mature jackfruit helps fight diabetes?
C.Dehydrated Ripe Jackfruit – Processed Ripe Jack bulb
- Shelf Life – Six Months
- Usage : The natural snack
Forget maida and help yourself by using jackfruit flour and jackfruit seed flour
As maida is not good for health, many consumers are consciously avoiding it. Jack seed powder and fruit flour can be a good alternative for maida.
Jackfruit Flour (chakka podi) – Processed mature jack flour
- Shelf Life – Six Months
- Usage : Diabetic friendly and gluten free flour to make chappathy, boori, etc and as a fortifier in every dish
Jack Seed Flour (chakkakuru powder ) – Processed Seed flour
- Shelf Life – Six Months
- Usage : The best tastemaker for a healthy life
Apart from chips,jackfruit varatty, pickles, pappads,konattoms also producing relatively new products such as dehydrated unripe jackfruit, dehydrated fruit and jackfruit pulp.
Ready to Cook and Ready to Eat Jackfruit (Chakka) kitchen friendly products with no preservatives
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