India's jackfruit most sought-after in the West

Green, spiky and with a strong, sweet smell, the bulky jackfruit from India's south coast is now a favourite meat-substitute for vegans and vegetarians in the West.
India being the world's largest producer of jackfruit, is now capitalising on its growing popularity as a superfood meat alternative.
In nutritional analysis, it was even found that jackfruit as a meal is better than rice and roti for an average person who wants to control his blood sugar. Food researchers say jackfruit could emerge as a nutritious staple crop as it is drought-resistant and requires little maintenance
In Tamil Nadu and Kerala alone, the demand for jackfruit is now 100 metric tonnes every day during the peak season yielding a turnover of $19.8 million a year.

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[Suresh-dopj]

It's one of the three fruit mentioned across ancient Tamil literature along with mango and banana.

[arunsubramani]

Based on Ancient Tamil text ... Three important fruits r ..
Ma(🥭),
Pala(jackfruit),
Vazhai(Banana)

[AK-mjvb]

At my Mother's & Father's place in Kerala more than a hundred jackfruits rot every year as no one eats them.

Hope the export market will bring a good change.

I personally love jackfruit chips and its seeds too.

[the_mani]

Kerala's State Fruit. "Chakka"

[muthu_chid]

This is one of the traditional food for us. Every gathering like marriage, temple festivals we serve jackfruit curry as main side dish

[Organic.Mechanic]

It's sweeter than mango 😋 I love it 😍

[tenone]

We also eat jack fruit in West Bengal.

[muhammedafreed]

I knew it how much importance is there in jackfruit still right now

Thank you.

[anandups]

Today I had 'Kumbil' a authentic sweet popular in kerala.

[Antagonistock]

High time we look back to our indigenous diet. Jack Fruit, Guava, Amla instead of Apple, Berry and Kiwis.

[AkshayPi]

In coastal Karnataka every house has atleast 1 jackfruit do

fries
Paiysa
Mudde
Apalla
Store in salt water for a year to make many curries

[rohithnechikkunnan]

Recently ate jack fruit cutlets too.... its super tasty, easy to make in home.... loved it.

[seethass]

Is any "chakka"" lover here??? 😍😍

[siddharthsharma]

Kathal 😍♥️ iske andar se nikalne wale fruits bhi tasty meethe hote hai

[cyriljoseph]

One of Favourite dish of we kerala people. Chakka puzhukku for dinner or breakfast.

[sachinanand]

Here, in Pune I see trees loaded with Jackfruits and people don't pluck it.

[igloballens]

I love jackfruit seeds, any assamese here

[allthings]

But it available only in summer season

[unnatisrivastava]

I love it when made by my grandmother 😋

[skarifhossain]

Assam is one of the largest Jackfruit growing states in India.