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Bamboo Shoots and Red Pandanus (Marita) Sauce Recipe

Helo and welcome back to my blog.

Today I'd like to share a traditional dish I learnt over the weekend. It's just basic and simple to prepare. My preparation took about an hour 30 minutes, excluding the time I spent collecting them.

Dish prepared for 10 people.
▪️15 bamboo shoots
▪️13 small red pandanus
▪️Some green leaves/veges
▪️2teaspoon salt
▪️5 chicken cubes
▪️10 cups of water


Steps:

▪️Wash the bamboo shoots.
▪️Wash the greens.
▪️Cut in half  the red pandanus and remove the meat from the seeds.
▪️Dry them all under the sun for 20 minutes.
▪️After drying, place the bamboo shoots first into a big pot.
▪️Place the red pandanus on top of the pandanus.
▪️Cover the top with the bush green leaves.
▪️pour enough water to the top
▪️boil on open fire for 30- 40 minutes or more depending on the level of heat used to boil. check to make sure they are cooked.
▪️Then remove the pot from the fire and separate the pandanus,bamboo shoots and the greens.
▪️leave to cool for another 20 minutes.
▪️After cooling, separate the remaining meat from the pandanus seeds.
▪️Now start squeezing the seeds to collect the sauce.
▪️keep squeezing and straining until the sauce is fully captured and the bones are all taken out.
▪️Then place the bamboo shoots and green leaves on a big open dish.
▪️Add the green leaves on top
▪️Add salt and cubes on top of the leaves
▪️Slowly pour the sauce on top of the leaves and mix, keep pouring and mixing the shoots, and greens until they are covered in sauce.
▪️Now serve on eating bowls and enjoy the delicious bamboo shoots sauced with Marita juice.

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Thankyou for reading and hope you can try this simple recipe too.

Regards 
Myrosesdiary

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