I usually prefer fruit flavored muffins or cakes
over plain ones! I also learnt from my baking experiments that fruits like
banana, apple, jackfruit etc… make a good replacement for eggs. A jackfruit flavored bake was in to do list for a long time. Finally, I got a very sweet
& tasty jackfruit yesterday from a neighbor. I couldn’t wait more to do it
and yes, I did it. I had about half a cup of tender coconut pulp which was
neither too tender nor too hard. So, pureed both jackfruit & tender coconut
with little jaggery, mixed with flour to make the dough and baked it for 25
minutes. It was such a good textured and aromatic cupcake.
Jackfruit or Halasina hannu (in kannada), a
nutritionally rich, seasonal & tropical fruit. It is high calorie fruit which
is majorly supplied by the carbohydrates & sugar. It also contains some
amount proteins & fat. It contains almost every vitamin & minerals,
various antioxidants and dietary fiber. It makes a perfect food to overcome the
situation of starvation & malnutrition. Hence the saying ‘Hasidavanige
Halasu, Undavanige Maavu’ in kannada which means Jackfruit for one who is
hungry & Mango for one whose stomach is full!
This fruit is consumed in various ways and in any
form. Tender jackfruit to well ripe ones takes their place in culinary
activities. Fruits can be eaten as it is or can be used in preparation of
desserts like halwa, kheer, appa and breakfast kadubu (or kottige). Raw
jackfruit can be used in making curries.
Note: It is suggested avoiding this fruit for
diabetics or eat them monitoring glucose level!
Here is the recipe for the cupcake or muffins.
Preparation
Time: 15 minutes (if flesh is ready for consumption)
Bake
Time: 25 minutes
Serves:
6 medium muffins
Ingredients:
Jackfruit bulbs – 8-10 (cleaned & deseeded), ½ cup puree
Tender
coconut pulp - ½ cup puree (optional), if not using it increase jackfruit puree
to 1 cup
Fine
semolina/ Chiroti rava – ½ cup
All-purpose
flour/ Maida – ½ cup
Sugar/
Powdered jaggery – ¾ cup
Baking
soda – ¼ tsp
Baking
powder – ¼ tsp
Salt
– ¼ tsp
Milk
– ¼ cup
Ghee/
clarified butter – 2 tbsp
Chopped
nuts (Almonds & cashwes) – 6-8 each
Method:
- Clean jackfruit bulb/ flesh, remove seeds and chop roughly.
- Puree jackfruit & tender coconut pulp in a mixer to get a coarse texture. Do not make it too smooth. You should have 1 cup of this puree, it can be only jackfruit or combination of both. Mix the sugar or jaggery, which you are using. Keep aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine rava (semolina), maida, salt, baking powder & baking soda.
- Add the fruit puree to the dry ingredients. Mix once with a spatula. A spatula is enough for all the mixing.
- Add milk, ghee to the same. Combine well to get a batter without any lumps. This cake mix consistency should be thick and not runny.
- Add in chopped nuts and mix thoroughly. Do not beat it fast. Set aside the batter for 2-3 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 deg Celsius.
- Fill the muffin liner/ form (3/4th) with the batter.
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes. Mine took 25 minutes.
Once
done, remove from the oven. Allow cooling. The delicious muffins are ready to serve when warm.
Tasty homemade cake that I ever had
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