White Curry Jackfruit
(Gudeg Putih)

Ingredients:
  • 1 kg young jackfruit, peeled and sliced into 5x5x3 cm slice.  Soak the slices in plenty of cold water
  • 100 g melinjo leaves
  • 4 bay leaves
  • 1 cm fresh galangale (lengkuas), bruised
  • 750 ml coconut milk and 500 ml thick coconut milk from 1½ coconut

Spice Paste Ingredients:

  • 10 small shallots
  • 7 small cloves garlic
  • 10 candlenuts
  • 1 tbs. coriander seeds
  • salt to taste
  • a pinch of sugar
Instructions:
  • Boil the jackfruit slices in the thin santan together with the melinjo leaves, the spice-paste, salam leaves and lengkuas until the jackfruit is tender.
  • Add the thick santan.  Bring it to a boil, stirring occasionally.  Continue simmering until done.

Makes 4-5 servings.

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