Gudeg - Young Jackfruit Stew

Name: Gudeg - Young Jackfruit Stew
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp cooking oil; 4 bay leaves; 250 diced beef; 2 canned young green jackfruit; 200 ml coconut milk; 1 black tea bag; 50 gram palm sugar or dark brown sugar; 1 tsp salt or more to taste; 4 hard boiled egg; 1 inch ginger, bruised; 2 inch galangal, bruised; 4 garlic cloves; 2 tsp coriander seeds; 8 candlenuts (closest substitution is macadamia nuts or 10 blanched almonds); 3 shallots

dapurmpoknobi @MrsGunn81

Bodicote-Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Gudeg is traditional Javanese stew where young jackfruit is stewed in spices and herbs and usually characterised by its sweet taste and its dark brown color from teak leaves. I do not have any teak leaves here and so I just make a substitution with black tea.

This recipe was adapted from the Indonesian kitchen by Sri Owen. #gudeg #indonesianfood #eattherainbow

dapurmpoknobi @MrsGunn81

Bodicote-Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

This recipe was adapted from the Indonesian kitchen by Sri Owen. #gudeg #indonesianfood #eattherainbow

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Ingredients

2 Tbspcooking oil
4bay leaves
250diced beef
2canned young green jackfruit
200 mlcoconut milk
1black tea bag
50 grampalm sugar or dark brown sugar
1 tspsalt or more to taste
4hard boiled egg
1 inchginger, bruised
2 inchgalangal, bruised
4garlic cloves
2 tspcoriander seeds
8candlenuts (closest substitution is macadamia nuts or 10 blanched almonds)
3shallots

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Steps

1

Pound the candlenuts, coriander, garlic, shallots and salt in a mortar and pestle until you have a smooth paste. Add a little bit of water if needed to get it going.
2

Preheat a large pot with cooking oil. Add the ground spices, bay leaves, bruised ginger and galangal and sauté until fragrant.
3

Add the diced beef and stir to mix. Pour coconut milk, tea bag, salt and brown sugar. Bring it to a boil and then lower the heat and cover to let it cook for next 1 hour. Give it a stir every now and then.
4

Uncover and then add in the young jackfruits and hard boiled eggs and let it cook again for another hour or so until the jackfruit is soft to the point where you can easily shred it with a fork. The diced beef should be soft. The liquid should be almost all absorbed at this point and the eggs are nicely tinted with brown color.
5

Serve with rice and sambal on the side.