cut the jackfruit with a sharp knife and separate the pods. remove the seeds of jackfruit pods. do not throw the seeds as you can prepare stir fry and or sambar from it.

put the jackfruit pods in a mixer jar and blend it to a smooth puree without adding any water.

now add jaggery and blend well. (adjust the jaggery according to your sweetness level)

transfer the puree to a bowl and add grated coconut, salt. mix it well and set aside.

now steam the semolina / bombay rava / sooji for 20 minutes without adding any water to sooji. but you do need to add water into your steamer.

add the jackfruit puree to the above steamed rava and mix well.

mix well to make a thick idli batter.

these idli's are usually prepared with fresh teak leaves. if you do not have teak leaves use banana leaf or normal idli stand or even cups and follow the same procedure for cooking idli.

clean the fresh teak leaves and add a ladleful of jackfruit puree and rava mix to the teak leaves.

fold the leaves as shown below.

cook it in a idli cooker on medium flame for 30 minutes. switch of the flame.

after 5 minutes jackfruit idli and keep it aside for 5 minutes.

serve the jackfruit idli hot with ghee or honey.