Question of the Week - What fruits do you want to know more about?

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Question of the Week -

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What fruit have you wondered about, never eaten or wanted to know more ways

to use it?

 

Judy

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Can someone tell me more about Jack fruit? I saw in a can at an Asian Market

last week.

Thanks,

Judy

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wwjd

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Monday, March 03, 2008 12:16 PM

Question of the Week - What fruits do you want to

know more about?

 

 

Question of the Week -

Time for another question of the week - Please join us for some fun learning

together as we share our question and answers. It is always interesting.

 

What fruit have you wondered about, never eaten or wanted to know more ways

to use it?

 

Judy

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Now and again my produce area will have large slices of jackfruit. I

like it diced on top of cottage cheese. It has a tropical flavor,

maybe a papaya with a touch of banana to it.

I haven't tried it canned, I go often to the Asian market and will

grab a can. Thanks Judy.

 

Jeff

 

, " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote:

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> Can someone tell me more about Jack fruit? I saw in a can at an

Asian Market last week.

> Thanks,

> Judy

> -

> wwjd

> vegetarian_ group

> Monday, March 03, 2008 12:16 PM

> Question of the Week - What fruits do

you want to know more about?

>

>

> Question of the Week -

> Time for another question of the week - Please join us for some

fun learning

> together as we share our question and answers. It is always

interesting.

>

> What fruit have you wondered about, never eaten or wanted to know

more ways

> to use it?

>

> Judy

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In Sri Lanka they make a curry with it. It's delicious and very hot.

The jak fruit takes on a texture like stew meat when it gets so

tender you can pull it apart with your fingers. I haven't found my

Sri Lanka cookbook since we moved but this recipe seems pretty close

to what I remember. However, I don't think canned will be suitable

for this recipe - isn't it packed in syrup?

 

hth,

Diane

 

 

Polos Ambul (tender jak fruit curry)

 

Ingredients

 

1 medium sized unripe jak fruit

 

1 lime with juice extracted

1 tsp turmeric powder

5 medium sized small onions sliced (small onion approx 2 inch diameter)

1 tbsp roasted curry powder

1 tbsp chillie powder

2 green chillis slivered

2-inch piece cinnamon

From I coconut:

3 cups coconut milk (second extract)

2 cups coconut milk (first extract)

For seasoning:

3 dried red chillis

1 tsp mustard seeds

2 small onions sliced

Curry leaves

Oil for cooking

 

A stalk of lemon grass

 

Method

 

Remove the thick outer green skin of the jak fruit, cut into long,

thick and uniform pieces. Wash the pieces well in water into which the

lime juice is added and drain. In a pan, add all the ingredients

except the seasoning and cook over medium heat till the jak fruit is

tender. For the seasoning, heat oil in another pan and splutter

mustard seeds, add red chillies, onions, curry leaves, lemon grass and

sauté till the onion turns brown. Add the cooked polos or jak fruit

and let simmer till gravy thickens.

 

, " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote:

>

> Can someone tell me more about Jack fruit? I saw in a can at an

Asian Market last week.

> Thanks,

> Judy

>