POPCORN JACKFRUIT (VEGAN)
POPCORN JACKFRUIT (VEGAN)
Popcorn Jackfruit (Vegan)
Serving: 1-2
Ingredients:
250 gram Jackfruit flesh
240 gram Self-raising flour
350 ml Ice cold water
2 tablespoon Thai red curry paste (Vegan)
3 teaspoon Baking soda
3 teaspoon Sugar
1.5 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Bouillon powder
1 Red chilli – thinly sliced
1 Spring onion – thinly sliced
1 Lemon wedge
Method
-Pre-heat the oven to 200 Celsius.
-Put the jackfruit flesh, Thai red curry paste, bouillon powder, 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt in a bowl. Fold all the ingredients together.
-Carefully place the jackfruit pieces on a non-stick tray and bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.
–Mix the self-raising flour, baking soda, half teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of sugar in a medium mixing bowl. Gently put in cold water and mix. A little by little until all the ingredients are combined well.
-Heat the deep fat fryer at 180 celsius.
–Dip the jackfruit in the batter mix. Fry until it turns golden brown in colour, approx 4-5 minutes.
-Transfer the jackfruit popcorn on a kitchen towel to drain the excess oil.
-Squeeze some lemon juice, scatter the red chillies, spring onion slices or coriander on top.
Tips:
-Not sure what jackfruit looks like? Click here Jackfruit.
-It is not easy to get fresh jackfruit flesh. I used jackfruit from a can.
-I used the homemade vegan Thai red curry paste which is fresh and easy to make.
-I love having this crispy jackfruit with sriracha sauce, on top of a salad or on top of velvety Thai curry. Happy Cooking!
