Seasons 1st Home Grown Raw Jack Fruit Chips/ Ponsa Ghero Thellele Ghare Karo

This is a seasonal snacking item prepared from jackfruit just before it ripens mostly in summer stock of raw and ripe jackfruit. Tender raw jackfruit is used in curries and fritters. Well grown but unripe raw jackfruit with thick florets are used for making chips and happala. Making Gharen Karo .In Udupi, Mangalore and most of the regions in Kerala.

Gharen Karo is a favourite tea time fried snack and is also a good starter snack with 🍻🥂 Drinks. On a lazy rainy day a bowlful of crispy Gharen Karo and a cup of hot tea/ coffee ☕ makes time pass.

💁Ingredients

1 big one raw Jackfruit florets Approximately 2-3 kg
50 gm Salt as you need
3-4 cup of water
1 litre 🥥 Oil for deep frying

💁Method

Prepare a diluted salt water solution.

Remove seed from Jackfruit.Then cut thinly👉Lengthwise florets into thin finger chips as shown in pic.

Heat oil in a kadai.When the oil starts fuming, reduce the heat to low .Drop the jackfruit fingers in hot oil as much as possible and keep mixing them with the frying spatula to ensure even frying.

When the chips turn into light golden colour. It is almost done means as they get fried ,you can clearly 🙉 hear the sound when you mix the pieces with a spatula. On this stage Pour a spoonful of the salt diluted solution water into the oil .

When the water gets dried up, remove it from flame and transfer it to a tissue paper to get rid of remove excess oil.

When the chips cool down, store in air tight container. These last for at least 3-4 weeks without any change in smell. Enjoy with hot cup Coffee or Tea …😋