bamboo shoots, thai chicken curry with bamboo shoots soup

Thai chicken curry and bamboo shoots
stir fried bamboo shoots

spicy food makes you cry
but at times, a watermelon slice is not enough for our appetite

i eat bamboo
because they are full of fiber and strength

 Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms
that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species

 Raw bamboo shoots contain cyanogenic glycosides,
natural toxins also contained in cassava

 Bamboo shoot tips are called zhú sǔn jiān (竹笋尖) or simply sǔn jiān (笋尖)
in Chinese, although they are mostly referred to as just sǔn (笋)

 Chakma people from the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh call Bamboo shoots
 Bajchur and it is their traditional food. Bamboo shoot tips are called Myit in Myanmar.

Bamboo shoots, it is Mang in Vietnam,
Kanji in Japanese, Hangui in Korean

a rare vegetable
a backing up dish in winter days and during special occasions

 
    


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