Jackfruit Tellevu
By Leena Hegde, Puttanamane
This flavoursome jackfruit tellevu tastes yummy and is seasonal. Jackfruit tellevu is a favoured breakfast dish during jackfruit season, mid-summer to early monsoon, in most of the havyaka household. This classic jackfruit tellevu is made with fresh batter, and the pleasant aroma of the jackfruit fills the air when you make batter or cook tellevu, pulling everyone towards the kitchen like a magnet.
Jackfruit tellevu batter is made by grinding soaked rice with jackfruit. The batter is kept aside for an hour or two to settle before making tellevu. Usually batter is prepared in the early morning an hour or so before breakfast. If you are OK with sour taste to tellevu you can make the batter previous evening or night for the next day breakfast.
Prep time
5 hrs
Cook time
35 mins
Cool off time
0
Total time
5 hrs 35 mins
Course
Breakfast
Diet
Vegan, Vegetarian
Difficulty level
Moderate
Servings
16 tellevu
Ingredients
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1 cup regular rice or dosa rice
- 1/2 cup jackfruit pulp – seeds removed and tightly packed
- 1 tablespoon jaggery
- Salt as required
- Oil as required
- Water as required
Cookware / Utensils
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Grinder or mixer or blender
- Iron tawa
- Large bowl
- Spoon
- Spatual or turner
- 2 pieces of banana leaf
Instructions
Instructions
Make jackfruit tellevu batter
- Rinse 1 cup of rice 3 to 4 times or until clean and soak in enough water for 3 hours.
- Few minutes before grinding, open Jackfruit.
- Take out the pulp.
- Remove the seeds. Cover and keep aside.
- Now drain all the water from the soaked rice and add to a grinder or mixer or blender.
- Add jackfruit pulp as well.
- Add water as required and grind to a smooth and medium thick batter. NOTE: You do not have to add water if the jackfruit is too juicy.
- Take the batter in a bowl. Cover and keep aside for an hour or two.
Make jackfruit tellevu
- Before making tellevu, add 1 tablespoon jaggery, and salt as required to the batter.
- Mix well.
- Heat an iron tawa on medium flame.
- While the tawa is heating, take 2 long pieces of banana leaf and rinse thoroughly with clean water.
- Take one long piece of banana leaf and make chutti. I.e. fold a piece of banana leaf and tie at one end.
- Take another long piece of banana leaf and fold into 3 or 4 and keep aside. This is baale keele, meaning a thin piece of banana leaf.
- Once tawa is hot, spread 2 drops of oil all over the tawa evenly using chutti.
- Now take tellevu batter in a spoon or ladle and pour on the side of tawa.
- Quickly take baale keele and spread the batter thinly all over the tawa.
- Cook the tellevu on low to medium heat to crispy or medium to high heat to make it little soft. Regulate the heat as required.
- Remove the tellevu when you see batter on the top is cooked well and the base has become slightly golden.
- If you prefer, you can flip the tellevu and cook the top side for a couple of seconds before removing.
- Serve jackfruit tellevu hot with fresh ghee or pickle or chutney powder.
Step by step guide
How to make Jackfruit tellevu
Make jackfruit tellevu batter
1. Rinse 1 cup of rice 3 to 4 times or until clean and soak in enough water for 3 hours.
2. Few minutes before grinding, open Jackfruit.
3. Take out the pulp.
4. Remove the seeds. Cover and keep aside.
5. Now drain all the water from the soaked rice and add to a grinder or mixer or blender. Add jackfruit pulp as well.
6. Add water as required and grind to a smooth and medium thick batter.
NOTE: You do not have to add water if the jackfruit is too juicy.
7. Take the batter in a bowl. Cover and keep aside for an hour or two.
Make jackfruit tellevu
8. Before making tellevu, add 1 tablespoon jaggery, and salt as required to the batter.
9. Mix well.
10. Heat an iron tawa on medium flame.
11. While the tawa is heating, take 2 long pieces of banana leaf and rinse thoroughly with clean water.
12. Take one long piece of banana leaf and make chutti. I.e. fold a piece of banana leaf and tie at one end.
13. Take another long piece of banana leaf and fold into 3 or 4 and keep aside. This is baale keele, meaning a thin piece of banana leaf.
14. Once tawa is hot, spread 2 drops of oil all over the tawa evenly using chutti.
15. Now take tellevu batter in a spoon or ladle and pour on the side of tawa.
16. Quickly take baale keele and spread the batter thinly all over the tawa.
17. Cook the tellevu on low to medium heat to crispy or medium to high heat to make it little soft. Regulate the heat as required.
18. Remove the tellevu when you see batter on the top is cooked well and the base has become slightly golden.
If you prefer, you can flip the tellevu and cook the top side for a couple of seconds before removing.
19. Serve jackfruit tellevu hot with fresh ghee or pickle or chutney powder.
Notes
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Make sure to grind batter to medium thick consistency.
- As per your taste, you can increase or decrease the quantity of jaggery.
