West Bengal

Echorer dalna

Name: Echorer dalna
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: 600 g peeled and cubed raw jackfruit (young green jackfruit); 2 medium cubed potato; 1 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); Salt, to taste; 3 tbsp mustard oil; 2 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); 2 cardamom 2 cloves, small cinnamon whole spices; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 2 inch ground ginger; 1 large pureed tomato; 1 1/2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 1 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1 tsp sugar; 1 1/4 cups water; 2 tsp ghee; 1/2 tsp garam masala

Raw jackfruit cooked like mutton. Bengal calls it gaach patha, the goat that grows on trees.

60 minTime

5 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayNiramish, meaty and proud of it.

The original

333kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

60minutessame

Echorer dalna as Bengali kitchens make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Raw jackfruit (young green jackfruit)600 g, peeled and cubed

Potato2 medium, cubed

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Saltto taste

Mustard oil3 tbsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Whole spices2 cardamom, 2 cloves, small cinnamon

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Ginger5 cm, ground

Tomato1 large, pureed

Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1½ tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Sugar1 tsp

Water1¼ cups

Ghee2 tsp

Garam masala½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Oil your hands and knife, then cube the jackfruit. Pressure cook with turmeric, salt and a little water for 2 whistles. Release naturally and drain.
2Fry the jackfruit and potatoes in mustard oil until golden at the edges. Lift out.
3In the same oil add bay leaves, whole spices and cumin. Add ginger, tomato and the powdered spices with a splash of water. Cook until oil separates.
4Add the jackfruit, potatoes, sugar and water. Cover and simmer until potatoes are soft and the gravy thickens.
5Finish with ghee and garam masala. Serve with rice or luchi.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

West Bengal

Echorer dalna

Raw jackfruit cooked like mutton. Bengal calls it gaach patha, the goat that grows on trees.

60 minTime

5 gProtein each

mediumSpice

The tree goat2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayNiramish, meaty and proud of it.

The original

333kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

60minutessame

Echorer dalna as Bengali kitchens make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Raw jackfruit (young green jackfruit)600 g, peeled and cubed

Potato2 medium, cubed

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Saltto taste

Mustard oil3 tbsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Whole spices2 cardamom, 2 cloves, small cinnamon

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Ginger5 cm, ground

Tomato1 large, pureed

Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1½ tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Sugar1 tsp

Water1¼ cups

Ghee2 tsp

Garam masala½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Oil your hands and knife, then cube the jackfruit. Pressure cook with turmeric, salt and a little water for 2 whistles. Release naturally and drain.
2Fry the jackfruit and potatoes in mustard oil until golden at the edges. Lift out.
3In the same oil add bay leaves, whole spices and cumin. Add ginger, tomato and the powdered spices with a splash of water. Cook until oil separates.
4Add the jackfruit, potatoes, sugar and water. Cover and simmer until potatoes are soft and the gravy thickens.
5Finish with ghee and garam masala. Serve with rice or luchi.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Echorer dalna

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Echorer dalna

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