Stuffed Bamboo Shoots

Name: Stuffed Bamboo Shoots (Ua No Mai)
Cuisine: Luang prabang
Ingredients: 5 bamboo shoots, which may be no mai lai (GIANTOCHLOA NIGROCILIATA) or no mai bong (BAMBUSA TULDA)—choose small ones, boil them until they lose their (bitter) taste, then cut off all the hard outer layer and cut the trimmed shoots into sections 8 cm long—after this use a needle (as in recipe 53B) to make slits in them lengthwise, but leaving the ends of each section intact; 2 eggs; salt and fish sauce; 7 (small) shallots, pounded; 1 piece of pork, including some fat, the size of the palm of a hand, minced; ground black pepper; chopped spring onion leaves; flour (about 2 tbsp); pork fat

Ua No Mai

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Traditional Recipes of Laos

By Phia Sing

Published 1981

About

Ingredients

5 bamboo shoots, which may be no mai lai (GIANTOCHLOA NIGROCILIATA) or no mai bong (BAMBUSA TULDA)—choose small ones, boil them until they lose their (bitter) taste, then cut off all the hard outer layer and cut the trimmed shoots into sections 8

Asia
Laos
Side dish
Starter
Southeast Asia

Method

Mix together in a large bowl the minced pork, the pounded shallots, ground black pepper and 1 tablespoonful of the flour. Mix all this thoroughly. Add salt, fish sauce and some of the chopped spring onions. Mix again, taste to check the saltiness, and add more of the chopped spring