Easy Young green Jackfruit in Coconut Milk (Gatang Langka)

Jack fruit is a native fruit from Southeast Asia used in many Asian cuisines. It can be eaten ripe as a fruit or cooked when unripe. In the Philippines, young jack fruit can be cooked, as adobo or in coconut milk. Here in my recipe I used canned jackfruit with coconut milk. Preferable to prepare this dish using fresh, but it is hard to find in the US, most International market sell the ripe ones.

Ingredients:

20 oz Young green Jack-fruit
400 ml Coconut milk
1 Tbsp. sauteed shrimp paste
100 g Pork belly, cut in bite size 
Thumb sized fresh ginger, smashed
1 Red onion,minced
1Long green pepper
Salt to taste
Pepper flakes (optional)

Procedure:

1. In a pan, put the meat and fry it until golden brown.
2. Pour in the coconut milk, add the shrimp paste, onion, ginger and the long green. Let it boil.
3. Add in the canned jackfruit.
4. Cover and simmer until the jackfruit get well cooked.
5. Dash with salt and pepper flakes if you want a spicy taste.
6. Serve with hot white rice.

TIPS:
You can cook the jackfruit with smoked fish or sardines in tomato sauce too.