Hot Bamboo Shoot Salad – Thai Taste

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Hot Bamboo Shoot Salad

6 min

Preparation time

30 min

Cooking time

2-3

Serves

Simple ingredients create complex flavours, in this wonderfully aromatic dish.

Ingredients

2 tbsp jasmine rice.
200g bamboo shoots,in thin strips.
1 tsp [Tamarind Paste]
1 tbsp [Fish Sauce]
1 tsp Palm Sugar.
50ml water.
1 garlic clove,finely chopped.
1 small red chilli,deseeded and finely chopped.
2 spring onions,sliced.
1 tbsp sesame seeds.

Steps for cooking

1.Heat a frying pan,add the dry rice and heat until golden brown. Then remove the rice from the pan and grind using a pestle and mortar.
2. In a small saucepan,mix the fish sauce,tamarind paste,water,palm sugar,garlic and chilli together and bring to the boil.
3. Stir in the bamboo shoots and heat for a further 2 mins.
4. Remove from the heat,add the ground rice,spring onions and sesame seeds and serve hot.

Region:

Heat:

Vegetarian:

Gluten Free:

Isaan

Medium

Yes

Yes

Chef’s Tips

Add lime wedges and chopped coriander to finish off the dish. Replace the Fish Sauce with Vegetarian ‘Fish’ sauce for a vegan alternative.

Did you know

Bamboo shoots are a natural source of copper, iron and potassium.

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Items required for recipe

Tamarind Paste (130g)

Fish Sauce (200ml)

Vegetarian ‘Fish’ Sauce (180ml)

Thai Minced Garlic Paste (114g)