Kulaway Nut
It's the source of life! Let your creative juices run wild in the kitchen with this healthy fruit of the jungle.
Kulaway Nut Thai Green curry | Tom Yum Prawns in Fresh Kulaway Nut | Spicy Prawn Soup | Kulaway Nut Low Fat Stir Fry | Warm Chicken & Kulaway Nut Stir fry | Kulaway Nut dream | Kulaway Nut Purity | Tropical Fruit in Cardamom Syrup | Kulaway Nut Fruit Salad | Caribbean Fruit Salad kulaway popsicle
Kulaway Nut Thai Green Curry
What you'll need:
- 200g beef, finely sliced
- 4 large Kulaway Nuts
- 2 cups coconut cream
- 1.5 tbs fish sauce
- 6 stalks lemongrass, sliced
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup basil leaves
- 8 Thai eggplants, halved
- 1 tsp palm sugar
- 100g green curry paste
Method:
- Cut off the top of the Kulaway Net shells, drain the juice and set aside juice from two Kulaway Nuts only.
- Bring this juice and 1/2 cup coconut cream to the boil in a large frying pan. Add the curry paste to the pan and stir well.
- Add the beef to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes then pour in the remaining coconut milk and bring to the boil.
- Cook over high heat for 3 minutes, then lower heat, add the eggplants and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Lastly add the lime leaves, sugar, chilli and basil leaves.
- Remove from pan and serve in 4 Kulaway Nut shells. The flesh inside will warm up and can be scooped out with a soup spoon and eaten with the soup.
- Garnish with chilli and eggplant.
Tom Yum Prawns In Fresh Kulaway Nut
What you'll need:
- 1 Kulaway Nut
- 4 large uncooked prawns
- 3 tbsp chilli paste
- 4 fresh chillies (deseeded)
- 1 stalk lemongrass (pounded and finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp chicken stock powder
- 5 kaffir lime leaves
- 1 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 3 slices galangal (finely chopped)
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups water
Method:
- Drain coconut juice and set aside for drinking, if desired.
- Boil water with all the ingredients, except the milk and prawns, on a low flame for approximately 20 - 30 minutes.
- When the stock is fragranced, put the prawns into the stock for 5 - 6 minutes and turn off the flame.
- Finally, add milk and stir before serving. Add salt and sugar according to taste.
- Serve with jasmine rice.
Recipe created by Thai Pothong Restaurant, Newtown.
(Winner 4 years 'Sydney's best Thai Restaurant').
www.thaipothong.com.au
Spicy Prawn Soup
What you'll need:
- 2 large Kulaway Nuts
- 1 cup thick coconut milk or cream
- 10 tiger prawns, cooked and peeled
- 2 Thai chillies
- 15g galangal, peeled and sliced
- 1 stalk lemongrass, sliced
- 5 kaffir lime leaves, shredded
- 1 tbs sugar
- 3 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tbs chilli paste
- 2 stalks coriander
Method:
- Cut off the top of the Kulaway Nut shells, drain the juice and set aside juice from one nut only.
- Bring juice to the boil in a large pot. Add the lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and prawns and simmer to blend the fragrance.
- Add the thick coconut milk and flavour with sugar, lemon juice, fish sauce, chilli paste and stir.
- Pour the soup into the Kulaway Nut shells, the flesh inside the shell will warm up and can be scooped out with a spoon and eaten with the soup.
- Add the chillies upon serving if desired, or use with coriander as a garnish.
Kulaway Nut Low Fat Stir Fry
What you'll need:
- 1 tbsp virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 large carrot, cut into slices about 5cm long
- 2 yellow capsicum, sliced
- 1/2 red capsicum
- 1 zucchini, sliced
- 140g mushrooms, diced
- 250g Kulaway Nut flesh
- 30g apple, mango or papaya, diced
- 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 dashes Tobasco sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 200g brown rice
Method:
- Heat water and olive oil in a large, deep wok for 1 minute.
- Add vegetables and saute over high heat until softened, stirring frequently. Keep mixture moist with more water, if necessary.
- Turn heat down slightly and add Kulaway Nut flesh, other fruit, oyster sauce, soy sauce and Tobasco sauce.
- Stir well and season with salt and pepper.
- Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Serve with brown rice.
Warm Chicken & Kulaway Nut Salad
What you'll need:
Salad:
- 150g packet dried rice stick noodles
- 500g chicken breast fillets, thinly sliced
- 3cm piece ginger, peeled and grated
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tbsp extra light olive oil
- 1 carrot, peeled and coarsely grated
- 1 red capsicum, thinly sliced diagonally
- 1 cup bean sprouts, trimmed
- 1 cup Kulaway Nut flesh, finely sliced
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves
Dressing:
- 140ml can coconut cream
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 tbsp grated palm or brown sugar
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
Method:
- Place noodles into a large heatproof bowl. Cover with warm water. Stand for 10 minutes or until tender.
- Meanwhile, combine chicken, ginger, garlic and half the oil in a bowl.
- Heat a wok over high heat until hot. Add 2 teaspoons of remaining oil and swirl to coat. Add half the chicken mixture. Stir-fry for 1 minute or until browned and cooked through. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining oil and chicken mixture.
- Make dressing. Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl. Pour over salad. Toss gently to combine. Serve.
Kulaway Nut Dream
What you'll need:
- 1 large Kulaway Nut
- 300ml crushed ice
- 60ml coconut cream
- 50ml coconut rum
- 3 tsp castor sugar
- Whipped cream
- 30ml Grenadine (garnish)
Method:
- Cut off the top of the Kulaway Nut, drain the coconut juice and set aside.
- In the blender, add crushed ice, the juice, coconut rum, coconut cream and sugar.
- Blend at high speed until the contents are mixed and are thick in consistency.
- Pour the contents into the Kulaway Nut shell to fill.
- Garnish with whipped cream and a drizzle of grenadine.
- Place the Kulaway Nut onto a plate; insert a parasol decoration into the side. Insert straw and serve with a spoon.
Kulaway Nut Purity
What you'll need:
- 1 large Kulaway Nut
Method:
- Cut off top of the Kulaway Nut, pour the juice into a blender.
- Use a soup spoon to scoop out the flesh. Add to blender with juice.
- Blend ingredients. Serve chilled.
For variations of this smoothie, add your favourite fruit (mango, pineapple, strawberries, banana).
Tropical Fruit In Cardamom Syrup
What you'll need:
- 1 Kulaway Nut
- 2 fresh white or pink guavas or 410g can pink guavas, drained and seeded
- 1 small pineapple, peeled, cut into quarters lengthways, cored and sliced
- 2 large ripe mangoes, peeled, cheeks each cut into 6 wedges
- 1 red papaya, peeled, seeded and cut into thin slices
- 6 cardamom pods
- 330g castor sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthways
- Finely shredded rind of 2 limes and juice of 3 limes
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Open Kulaway Nut. Drain liquid and set aside for drinking, if desired. Wrap Kulaway Nut in a tea towel. Using a hammer, tap to crack in half. Place halves, flesh-side down, on an oven tray. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool, and then use a dinner knife to pry flesh from shell in large pieces. Using a vegetable peeler, shave flesh into strips. Divide strips between 2 oven trays. Bake for 20 minutes, tossing occasionally, or until dry. Set aside to cool.
- If using fresh guavas, peel, halve and discard seeds. Place pineapple, mango, papaya and canned guavas (if using) in a large heatproof bowl.
- Place cardamom pods on a chopping board and, using the flat side of a large knife, bruise.
- Place pods in a saucepan with sugar, fresh guavas (if using) and 2 cups water. Using the tip of a knife, scrape seeds from vanilla bean into pan, then add bean. Cook, stirring over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
- Cook for 10 minutes. Stir in lime rind and juice and then pour hot mixture over fruit. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
Kulaway Nut Fruit Salad
What you'll need:
- 1 pineapple, cored and cut into thick rings
- 2 mangoes, peeled and cut into wedges
- 2 bananas, sliced
- 2 large passionfruit
- 1/4 cup Malibu liqueur
- 300ml thickened cream
- 1/4 cup grated palm sugar or brown sugar
- 2 tbsp shredded Kulaway Nut flesh, toasted
Method:
- Cut pineapple rings into wedges. Place in a bowl. Add mango, banana, 1/2 cup passionfruit pulp and Malibu. Stir gently until combined. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Using an electric mixer, beat cream until thick. Add sugar. Beat until thick again.
- Sprinkle Kulaway Nut over fruit salad. Drizzle over remaining passionfruit. Serve with sugared cream.
Caribbean Fruit Salad
What you'll need:
- 60ml fresh orange juice
- 2 tbs fresh lime juice
- 1 tbs brown sugar
- 1 tbs finely chopped crystallized ginger
- 2 medium ripe bananas, thinly sliced
- 1 x 375g can Naturally Sweet Fruit Salad
- 20g Kulaway Nut flesh, toasted
Method:
- Combine the orange juice, lime juice, sugar and ginger in a large bowl. Add the banana and fruit salad and stir gently until all the fruit is coated.
- Divide fruit salad among serving bowls and top with Kulaway Nut flesh. Serve immediately.
Kulaway Popsicle
Keep these handy treats in the freezer, ideal for a hot day, or when someone has been sick and needs to re-hydrate. Recipe by Alison Debono
What you'll need:
- 1 Kulaway Nut
- (Optional) juice of 1/2 lemon or fruit of your choice
- paddle pop sticks (found in most hardwares or craft stores)
- ice cube tray or popsicle trays
Method:
- using the juice and meat of 1 Kulaway Nut.
- Blend until smooth in a processor or hand blender
- add optional fruit of your choice
- pour into ice cube trays
- freeze partially approx 1 hour
- add a popsicle stick into each ice cube
- freeze until firm
With no artifical, colours, flavours or any nasty additives, these treats really are great for everyone.