Southern Thai Sour Curry with Fresh Bamboo Shoots and Water Spinach

Name: Southern Thai Sour Curry with Fresh Bamboo Shoots and Water Spinach
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: Serves 1 serving
Ingredients: Small fresh bamboo shoot (enough for 1 serving); Water spinach (optional); Pork (substitute with fresh fish if preferred); Water (enough to cover the vegetables); 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 lime; 2 ladles (about 1/2 cup or 120 ml) tamarind juice; 1 tablespoon palm sugar; 4 shallots; 4 cloves garlic; 8-10 small dried chilies plus 3 large dried chilies; 1 stalk lemongrass; 1 piece turmeric; 1/2 sheet grilled fermented soybean sheet; 1 tablespoon grilled dried fish; 1/2 teaspoon salt

Boon🍭🍰🥯🥨🍛 @Boonthanit

สมุทรปราการ, ไทย

Taking a break from sweets to enjoy some herbs—fragrant shallots, garlic, and turmeric from a blend of Southern and Northern Thai dried chilies. I used fermented soybean sheet instead of shrimp paste, and added grilled dried fish for extra depth. This sour curry uses pork instead of fish, since my kitchen isn’t suitable for cooking fish or seafood right now—so pork it is! The market didn’t have young banana blossom, but I found fresh bamboo shoots and some small water spinach, which looked interesting, so I added them together.

Boon🍭🍰🥯🥨🍛 @Boonthanit

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Ingredients

30 minutes

Serves 1 serving

Small fresh bamboo shoot (enough for 1 serving)
Water spinach (optional)
Pork (substitute with fresh fish if preferred)
Water (enough to cover the vegetables)
1 tablespoonfish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon salt
1lime
2ladles (about 1/2 cup or 120 ml) tamarind juice
1 tablespoonpalm sugar
Curry paste ingredients:
4shallots
4 clovesgarlic
8-10small dried chilies plus 3 large dried chilies
1 stalklemongrass
1 pieceturmeric
1/2 sheetgrilled fermented soybean sheet
1 tablespoongrilled dried fish
1/2 teaspoonsalt

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Pound the curry paste ingredients together until smooth. Slice the tender part of the bamboo shoot thinly, then boil with salt and a little sugar to remove bitterness. Rinse and squeeze out excess water.
2

Add the bamboo shoots, pork, and enough water to a pot. Bring to a boil, add the curry paste, then add water spinach and kaffir lime leaves. Season to taste.
3

Serve hot with omelet and fresh vegetables.