Laos

Kaeng no mai

Name: Kaeng no mai
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Lao
Ingredients: Bamboo shoot, fresh or boiled, shredded; 5 cups water; 2 stalks bruised lemongrass; 3 shallots; 2 fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles); Malabar spinach, or spinach, blended for colour (yanang leaf traditional); Pumpkin, chunks; Button mushroom, oyster or straw mushrooms; Glutinous rice (sweet rice), soaked and pounded; 1 1/2 tbsp or padaek fish sauce; a handful dill leaves; Basil leaves, Lao or Thai basil

A deep green bamboo shoot soup with pumpkin, mushrooms and dill. Earthy Lao comfort.

45 minTime

6 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayBamboo shoot soup with pumpkin, mushrooms, greens and dill.

The original

99kcalsame

6 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

45minutessame

Kaeng no mai.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Bamboo shootfresh or boiled, shredded

Water5 cups

Lemongrass2 stalks, bruised

Shallots3

Fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles)2

Malabar spinachor spinach, blended for colour (yanang leaf traditional)

Pumpkinchunks

Button mushroomoyster or straw mushrooms

Glutinous rice (sweet rice)soaked and pounded

Fish sauce1½ tbsp, or padaek

Dill leavesa handful

Basil leavesLao or Thai basil

Method

5 steps

1Boil fresh bamboo shoots in water for 20 minutes and drain, or rinse jarred shoots well.
2Blend the greens with 300 ml of the water and strain.
3Simmer the remaining water with lemongrass, shallots and chilli for 5 minutes. Add the bamboo, pumpkin and green juice and cook 10 minutes.
4Add the mushrooms and pounded rice, stirring, and cook 5 minutes until slightly thick.
5Season with fish sauce and stir in dill and basil.

Serve it like this

Serve in a shared bowl alongside sticky rice, grilled chicken or fish and jaew.

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Kaeng no mai

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