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Gudeg

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Young jackfruit stewed for hours in palm sugar and coconut milk — Yogyakarta's signature.

Gudeg is young jackfruit simmered for hours with palm sugar, coconut milk and teak leaves, which give it a reddish-brown colour. The result is sweet, soft and deeply savoury.

It is served with rice, chicken, a hard-boiled egg, tofu or tempeh and sambal krecek, a spicy stew of beef skin. Yogyakarta is sometimes called Kota Gudeg — the City of Gudeg.

Cultural context

So tied to Yogyakarta that the city is nicknamed Kota Gudeg, the City of Gudeg.

Key ingredients

  • Young jackfruit
  • Palm sugar
  • Coconut milk
  • Teak leaves
  • Sambal krecek

Good to know

  • Young jackfruit and palm sugar
  • Yogyakarta's signature dish
  • Served with sambal krecek

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