Jackfruit Spinach Saaru

Ingredients:

Jack fruit seeds - 1/2 cup
Spinach - 2 cups (Finely chopped)
Toor dal - 1/2 cup
Sambhar powder - 1 tbsp
Tamarind pulp - 1/4 cup
Mustard - 1/4 tbsp
Jeera - 1/4 tbsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tbsp
Chana dal - 1/4 tbsp
Urad dal - 1/4 tbsp
Curry leaves - few
Coconut oil - 1 tbsp

Method:

1) Cook Jack fruit seeds, toor dal and spinach in pressure cooker.
2) Extract tamarind pulp and keep it aside.
3) Mix tamarind pulp, cooked spinach jackfruit seeds, spinach together.
4) To this add, sambhar powder, salt and boil well.
5) In a pan, add oil, mustard, jeera, chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves and hing.
6) Add the seasoning to the boiling saaru.

Tasty Jackfruit Spinach saaru / curry is ready to be served with steaming rice.

Note:

1) Spinach can be fried or blanched too instead of cooking in pressure cooker.
2) Finely chopped fried onions can be added too.
3) Jackfruit must be peeled and cut in half before cooking.
4) Coconut oil can be replaced with sunflower / peanut oil too. But coconut oil, adds more flavour to the curry.