Recipe : Famous Gudeg Manggar

    In Yogyakarta, the sweet young jackfruit stew called gudeg. The flavour usually intensely sweet.In Bantul about 10 kilometers South of Yogyakarta, gudeg is more popular made with the tip of young coconut flowers (manggar in local dialect). And Gudeg manggar became an icon dish from Bantul nowadays. It seem however the ingredients (jackfuit more tender while manggar is more crunchy) may be the only stark difference between the two stews. Both use exactly the same spices, and thus churn out an identical flavour.

     As is common with yogyakarta style gudeg, the bantul variant come with side dishes that include, among others, opor ayam (chicken curry), sambal goreng krecek (beef skin crackers in spicy sauce) and tahu/tempe bacem ( marinated tofu/tempe).  Some like to add blondo (cocnut oil residue), or areh (thick coconut milk) to make the dish more savory. Also as important are rempeyek (flitters), beef skin crackers and other crackers - all of which are intended to enrich the texture of the dish. Now lets make your own Gudeg Manggar!

Main Ingredient :

1. 1 kg mangar ( coconut flowers).
2. 1 coconut ( made into thick coconut milk).
3. 2 indonesian bay leaves.
4. 2 finger sized pieces galangal (bruised).

Spice Paste :

1. 100 grams shallots.
2. 50 grams garlic.
3. 30 grams candlenut.
4. 2 tablespoon coriander.
5. 1/4 coconut sugar / To taste.
6. 1 package tempe semangit ( fermented tempe).
7. Salt to taste.

How To Make :

1. In a food processor or using mortal and pestle grind the spice into smooth paste. Heat a little oil in skillet then sautee the spice paste until fragnant.
2. Add thick coconut oil, Indonesian bay leaves and bruised galangal. Bring to a boil.
3. Toss in the coconut flower and continue cooking for more less 4 hours. However, by this stage the cooking should be done on charcoal or wood fire and over low heat.
4. if you want, you can put the hard boiled egg too.
5. Ready to serve, commonly served with thick coconut, opor ayam, sambal krecek and rice.

Enjoy your Gudeg Manggar !

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