Jack fruit seeds & Bittergourd / Chakkakuru & pavaikka Mezhukupuratti

Ingredients:
Jackfruit seeds : 20
Bitter gourd : 1 small
Pearl onion : 12
Dry red chilly : 5
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
salt to taste
 Oil : 2 tbsp
Curry leaves : few

Method :
Remove the skin of the jf seeds.  Cut them length wise and wash well.
Add enough water in a pan and cook covered adding salt and turmeric powder.
Cut pavaikka( bitter gourd) into small size pieces .
Crush onion and red chilly.
Heat oil in apan and  add crushed onion mixture, curry leaves and saute for sometime and add pavaika. Cover and cook till it becomes soft.
Open the lid add  the cooked jf seeds and stir well.
Saute for few minutes to get a crispy texture.
Serve with rice .

pavaika fry

ingredients:

pavaika - 250gms

green chillies - 8no

turmeric powder 1/4tsp
salt to taste
curry leaves -few
method:
wash and chop pavaika into thin long slices. marinate with salt and turmeic powder and keep aside for half an hour.squeeze out the juice . Heat a pan , add oil and add pavaika along with slit green chillies and curry leaves. keep on a low fire stir in between till it turn to a brown colour..serve as a side dish with rice.