🇮🇩 Indonesian Vegetarian

Jackfruit Sambal Matah

Name: Jackfruit Sambal Matah
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Garlic; handful, torn Fresh Cilantro; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 1, juiced Lime; 6, sliced Shallots; 2 cans, young Jackfruit; 5 Bird's Eye Chilies; 1 stalk Lemongrass

🇮🇩 Indonesian

Raw Balinese sambal matah — shallots, lemongrass and chili heaped over jackfruit. 15 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Garlic1/2, thinly sliced
Fresh Cilantrohandful, torn
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Lime1, juiced
Shallots6, sliced
Jackfruit2 cans, young
Bird's Eye Chilies5
Lemongrass1 stalk

Instructions

1
Whisk the lime juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the jackfruit — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the jackfruit with the garlic, fresh cilantro and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lime if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the ground coriander in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Apple Aubergine Sambal Matah with Ginger Flower Torch (Sambal Matah Tuung lan Kecicang) · on YouTube