Here’s a delicious vegan jackfruit recipe that will make you forget all about meat.
Jackfuit is a tropical fruit native to Asia and many say it resembles pulled pork or mutton. Growing up, I remember my mom cooking jackfruit and telling me that she’s cooked mutton and it did look like it. Jackfuit is fast becoming very popular as a meat alternative and hence very appealing to Vegetarians and Vegans
Getting a raw jackfruit was tough in Singapore, but a good friend had a jackfruit tree in her backyard and kindly agreed to give me a full jackfruit for me to create this recipe.
I’ve also given a recipe for the masaman curry paste to create a masaman curry for the jackfruit. Masaman curry is a nice which is nice mix of Thai and Indian curry. Masaman curry is a mild, savory, and slightly sweet curry with fragrant spice undertones such as cumin, cardamom, and cinnamon. It typically isn’t a spicy curry but like most curries, it is easy to adjust the spice level.
Also head over to our YouTube channel to see the video of this recipe as as well as recipe for the masaman curry paste
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 500 g raw boiled jackfruit long wedges in turmeric water (small pieces can also be used)
- Marinate for Jackfruit: Salt, Red Chilli Powder, Turmeric Powder (1/4 tsp each), 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp Tamarind paste
Masaman Curry Paste:
- 15 dried red chilli soaked in hot water for 20 minutes
- 4 tbsp shallots
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 3 lemon grass
- 2 tsp of ginger
- 3 cloves
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds
- Dry roast all the spices and mix the other ingredients and grind with water to make the paste
- 1 cup Coconut cream
- 4 tbsp Oil
- 4 tbsp tamarind paste
- 2 tbsp cashew nut paste
- 2-3 tbsp sugar
- Salt to taste
- 10-12 Baby potatoes
Method
- heat the oil and fry the paste till fragrant.
- Add the coconut cream and mix well and let it simmer
- Add the tamarind paste, salt and a bit of water.
- Mix well and set aside
- Add 2 tbsp oil in a pan and sauté the jackfruit for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the baby potatoes and let them saute for 5 mins
- Just before serving, pour the sauce over the jackfruit
- Garnish and serve!
