Bamboo Recipes

The new shoots (culms) of bamboo are edible and used in cooking many Asian recipes and dishes.The sap of young bamboo stalks can be made into soft drinks or fermented into a sweet wine.

You can buy bamboo shoots either fresh, in cans, or pickled in supermarkets.

Some examples of the use of bamboo shoots in cooking bamboo recipes are; cutting them into thin slices and boiling them with thick coconut milk and spices, bamboo shoots with mixed vegetables in coconut milk, steamed dumplings, and frying bamboo shoots and wrapping them with vegetables.

In Asian cultures, larger bamboo stalks are often used for cooking food in. The fresh empty and hollow stalks can be placed directly over a flame and used for boiling rice or soups.

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Chinese Bamboo Roll (serves 4)

Bamboo Shoots Roll with Egg (serves 4)

Beef with Bamboo Shoots (serves 4)

Pork and Bamboo Shoots (serves 4)

Pork with Bamboo Shoots (serves 4)

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News

House of Bamboo

The Indian EXPRESS - February 27, 2006

Corbett’s lends an innovative flavour to bamboo cuisine

Using bamboo as a cooking pot springs to mind a trekker’s survival story in a forest. Or, it is perceived as something exotic, native only to the far eastern culture. But, ask Ranveer Brar, who pans the countryside scouring for trepans the courtyside scouring for traditional receipts, bamboo forms an integral part of the Indian diet, even if its popularity is found in pockets than in mainstream cuisine.

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Important notice: It should be noted that the shoots of some species need to be leached or boiled before they can safely be eaten due to that they contain toxins.

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