Jackfruit Pickle (South Indian type)

Ingredients
Jackfruit (half matured) - 1 kg
Garlic - 100g
Ginger - 100g
Green chillies - 100g
Gram flour /Besan - 50g
Red chilli powder - 2 table spoons
Turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon
Curry leaves - 2-3
sprigs Oil - ½ l
Vinegar - 200 ml
Asafoetida powder - 2 tea spoon
Cumin seeds - 1 table spoon
Fenugreek seeds - 1 table spoon
Salt - to taste
Sugar - to taste

Select a jack fruit that is not fully matured. Remove or scrap away the green outer rind. Then, cut the jackfruit into big pieces along with seeds. Dry roast cumin and fenugreek seeds and finely powder them. Heat oil in a broad mouthed cooking pan and fry chopped garlic, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves Add jack pieces and fry for 10 mins Add salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder, gram flour and vinegar Remove from flame and add asafoetida and cumin – fenugreek powder Add sugar, mix well, cool and store in a clean dry sterilized bottle