We know that bamboo shoots are highly nutritious, low in fat and calorie. Did you ever tasted bamboo shoots recipe? If yes in what form.
What is the name of the recipe in your native place or language?
Arvind Kumar GOYAL -..- I have eaten bamboo shoots in several dishes at chinese restaurants here in the U.S. Also, they are served in some latin american cuisines, such as in Costa Rica. If you do a google search for 'bamboo shoot recipe' you will get a large number of recipes, mostly chinese.
There are mainly two ways to make food from bamboo shoots in China, one process is that fresh shoots is boiled in water, and cooked with some other vegetables, some other less fresh ones can be cooked in salt boling water for hours which make the sense of chewing crisp; and the other one is drying the bamboo shoots for easy storage, this kind of shoots is called dried bamboo shoots which can be cooked into dishes and refreshments.
Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species including Bambusa vulgaris and Phyllostachys edulis. They are used as vegetables in numerous Asian dishes and broths. They are sold in various processed shapes, and are available in fresh, dried, and canned versions.Raw bamboo shoots contain cyanogenic glycosides, natural toxins also contained in cassava.The toxins must be destroyed by thorough cooking and for this reason fresh bamboo shoots are often boiled before being used in other ways. The toxins are also destroyed in the canning process.
I.ve eaten the young bamboo shoot, the taste is good and it is common in Indonesia being edible thing. You can search for the recipe by key word "sayur rebung". Sayur mean vegetable, and rebung mean young bamboo shoot.
I have not eaten bamboo shoots. Many people eat as vegetables single bamboo shoots or mix with maringa leaves in West Bengal, Jharkhand. The mix vegetables are nutritious for high blood pressure patients. It contains a enzyme which decrease fat in the body and helps to control of high blood pressure.
Its an interesting area of study which am yet to explore but pick on the advice comment from Tanti Agustina above kindly.
In Nepal bamboo shoots are used as vegetables. They are cut into thin slices and consumed fresh or fermented. Fresh shoots are bitter in taste so they are boiled in water with either ash or baking soda , and then washed several times with water before cooking.
Yes sir, in vegetable form. but i get certain bitter in taste. Any reason behind it??
Yes Mr. Bhandari, the bitter taste is due to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides. It can be easily removed by boiling in water or brine water.
Yes, I can confirm that bamboo sprouts are tasty. I ate bamboo sprouts as a side dish in various dishes, most recently in broth with soy noodles.
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
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