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- 600 GRAM CHICKEN BREAST, in
pieces
- 200 GRAM STRING BEANS, sliced
- 1 EGGPLANT, cut in pieces
- 2 TBSP FISH SAUCE
- 1 TBSP SUGAR
- 1 TBSP RED CURRY PASTE
- 1 CUP COCONUT MILK
- 4 LIME LEAVES
- 1/2 BUNCH OF GREEN ONIONS, chopped
- HANDFUL BASIL LEAVES, cut
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- 500 GRAM STICKY RICE
- 200 GRAM MUNG BEANS
- 250 GRAM PORK,
in small strips
- 1 LEEK, chopped
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Stir fry the curry paste for 2 minutes in oil; add
the chicken and stir fry 3 minutes; add the fish sauce and the sugar
and heat one minute. Now add the eggplant, coconut milk, beans and lime
leaves, bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the onions
and the basil leaves, stir and serve with rice.
2 December
is National Day in Laos.
On this day in 1975, King Savang Vattana was forced to abdicate by the
Pathet Lao with support of
Vietnam and the
Soviet Union. Click
on culinary calendar for more
links between cooking and history.
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Soak the beans
overnight and cook them for 1 hour (adapt the cooking time if you
use other beans); puree them with half a teaspoon salt. Cook the rice 20 minutes, drain. To
wrap this, Vietnamese use banana leaves, but no matter how long I
looked for them, there were none around in my cold home village, so
I used baking paper instead - which worked out fine. Spread half of
the rice over a sheet of baking paper, add half of the beans on top
(leave the edges free, so you can make a package with only rice on
the outside). Add the leek and the pork, the remainder of the beans
and close off with the rest of the rice. Fold the baking paper
around this food mountain. If it is too big for your pans, make two
cakes. Fold the paper around the rice cake and close it with rope. Put the package in a pan full of water and make sure the cake
is entirely covered. Bring to the boil and cook the cake for 6
hours. Unwrap the cake and serve in slices.
This rice cake is served in
Vietnam for (lunar)
New Year, which they call Têt, and which is celebrated between mid
January and mid
February.
On Worldcook's
New Year page
you will find New Year recipes from all over the world.
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