Kaeng Khanun

Name: Kaeng Khanun
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 500g young green jackfruit, peeled and cut into chunks; 300g pork ribs, chopped; 2 tbsp northern curry paste (dried chillies, shallots, garlic, shrimp paste); 4 small tomatoes, halved; A handful of cha-om leaves (optional); 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tbsp oil

แกงขนุน/gang kha-NOON/

Also known as: Gaeng Khanun, Young Jackfruit Curry

About this dish

A Northern Thai curry of young jackfruit simmered with pork ribs, tomatoes and cha-om leaves.

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Ingredients

🍈500g young green jackfruit, peeled and cut into chunks

🐖300g pork ribs, chopped

🌶️2 tbsp northern curry paste (dried chillies, shallots, garlic, shrimp paste)

🍅4 small tomatoes, halved

🌿A handful of cha-om leaves (optional)

🐟2 tbsp fish sauce

🫗1 tbsp oil

Method

Serves 4

Boil the jackfruit in salted water for 15 minutes, then drain.

Fry the curry paste in the oil until fragrant, then add the ribs and stir.

Add 1 litre water and simmer for 30 minutes until the ribs are tender.

Add the jackfruit and tomatoes and simmer for 15–20 minutes.

Season with fish sauce, add the cha-om leaves, and serve with sticky rice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

In Lanna culture kaeng khanun is cooked for housewarmings and good-luck occasions, as 'khanun' sounds like the word for 'support'.

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