Nadan Chakka - Varikka Chakka Varuthathu - Homemade Jackfruit Chips Recipe

Chakka Varuthathu/ Jackfruit chips or fry is a simple snack recipe that you can make in your home in jackfruit season. In Kerala jackfruits are common in its season. Varikka chakka, Pazha chakka etc are some variety jackfruits in our area. We use these two for making chakka fry in our house. 

I had read an article about the jackfruit in daily news paper two days before about its healthy side. That article said that if there is a jackfruit tree in your house health is in your hand. It is not merely an article. It was based on some recent research studies. Those studies reveal that raw jack fruits are better remedy for diabetics. 

As I had read this I remembered about the tasty jackfruits in our place and me and my husband decided to fry some chakka fry for our tea time. I can't do the cutting and cleaning purpose of the biggest fruit, so I asked his help. Besides that he is a fan of chakka chips and that made his interest in helping me. Anyway we cut and cleaned the fruit and make it thin and sliced chakka pieces. When we did that I remembered my grandmother who loved the ripe jackfruit/ pazhutha chakka very much. Pazhachakka- a soft variety of chakka which is tastier was her favorite. 

Jackfruit is not only tasty but also healthful. Our ancestors used it for many health problems. It is useful for many sexual diseases, prostatitis and hepatitis. It is an important content in many Ayurvedic medicines. 

When you prepare chakka chips use quality oil. Otherwise it will be worse for better health. I am using fresh coconut oil for frying my chips. It makes it more homely. When you buy readymade chakka chips from stores it may not tastier as this homemade chakka fry. So enjoy it making in home.

How to Make Nadan Chakka Chips/ Jackfruit Fry in home- Simple Steps:

Ingredients of Chakka Chips:

• Raw Jackfruit/ Pacha Chakka sliced pieces- 1 kg
• Coconut oil- 1/2 kg
• Salted water- to taste

Learn how to make Chakka Chips/ Jackfruit Fry in Home- Simple steps:

• Clean and slice the jackfruit into thin and long pieces. 
• Heat the oil in a pan.
• Put the cut chakka pieces into it. 
• Spray enough salted water. 
• Fry it well till them come into golden yellow color.
• Take out the fried chips and spread them in tissue paper for make oil free chakka chips.
• Serve the hot jackfruit fry with tea/coffee. 

We make many dishes with raw and ripe jackfruit. Chakka Uppery/Stirfry, Chakka Erissery, Chakka Molakushyam, ChakkaVaratty/Jackfruit Jam, Chakka Ada, Chakka Idly and Chakka Payasam are some of them. You can learn these Kerala Chakka recipes in future posts.