Chakkakuru / Jackfruit Seed Pudding

Ingredients:

12-15 jackfruit seeds / chakkakuru
1/2 litre milk
8-10 gm china grass
1/2 tin / 200 gm condensed milk
7 tbsp sugar (or as required)
1 tsp vanilla essence

For Topping:

4 tbsp sugar
40-50 gm almonds or cashew nuts

Preparation:

1. Remove the outer white peel of jackfruit seed. Then pressure cook it adding little water. When it gets cooled, grind it in the mixie and keep it aside.
2. Soak china grass in 1/2 cup of water for 10 minutes. 
3. In a thick bottomed saucepan, boil milk adding condensed milk and sugar on medium flame.
4. In the meantime, heat the soaked china grass along with water in another pan on low flame, stirring continuously until the china grass melts completely.
5. Add vanilla essence to the milk mixture and mix well.
6. Then add the jackfruit seed paste and mix well until well combined.
7. Add melted china grass and mix well .Remove it from the flame.
8. Transfer to a pudding tray and keep it in the refrigerator till set….

For Topping:

1. Caramelise sugar in a non stick pan.
2. Add nuts to this and toast. When it turns golden brown, transfer it to a oil greased plate..
3. When it cools completely , roughly grind it in the mixer.
4. Top it over the pudding and serve chilled..