Jackfruit "kos" with grated coconut
Cooking time: 10 min. / 13 min.Difficulty: easy
Jackfruit has several stages of ripeness and depending on the stage is used as a fruit or as a vegetable. In this case it is mature one and will be used as vegetable. In Sinhala it is called kos. Final product will be something like potatoes with curd, just more exotic and vegan version of it. We will use jackfruit seeds too, they taste like cooked or baked chestnuts.
Process
Clean jackfruit from fibres, take away seeds which you keep for later and cut on smaller pieces. Then crack the seeds, peal them and break on 3 or 4 smaller pieces. For better idea check the video below.
Cook together with the soft parts in a small amount of salty water about 13 minutes, covered. The water should evaporate, when cooked.
Then grate coconut and mix with jackfruit and seeds. You can eat it as a main dish, or a side dish instead rice, or with rice and other curries.
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Video recipe
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Ingredients
For 4 portions:
- small pot of mature jackfruit "wedges", in Sinhala it is called "kos"
- salt
- water
- grated coconut
Authentic tools needed:
- clay pot
- coconut scraper