- The following is a pictorial on how I take a Jackfruit apart. After a lot of experimentation, I find this the most satisfying, and as always, practice makes perfect..
- Coat your knife with Coconut oil so you don't struggle with the sticky juice.
- I begin by cutting out the stem first with a circular cut, about 1" deep.
- Then I score the skin in a spiral fashion into one strip about 2-3" wide.
- And then I cut in between the flower pods, and under them, to get little sections, that I can then easily take apart.
- And I continue to take these sections apart.
And I sort the flowers and the seeds separately.And eventually, out of a 22 lb jackfruit, I harvested about 6.5 lbs of flowers, and 2 lbs of seeds. I cook the seeds, and then I peel them and refrigerate them to make dal with.
