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 santen together with the melinjo leaves, the spice-paste, salam leaves and lengkuas until the jackfruit is tender.
Add the thick santen.  Bring it to a boil, stirring occasionally.  Continue simmering until done.

Makes 4-5 servings.