Bamboo Shoot Curry

 

Ichi's Fusion Recipes: Bamboo shoot curry, Ichi's signature omelet, basmati rice with furikake on top of it and cherry tomato, an apple, a glass of coconut water - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti

Well, well... today I have a bonus for you! It is another recipe that I call bamboo shoot curry, of course, curry in my version!😉

Talking about the bamboo shoot, it is a comfort food from the place I come from since there was plenty of bamboo plant in my village. Villagers used to make walls from bamboo for their house, meanwhile, they cooked young bamboo (bamboo shoot) to fill the stomach. They used to make it curry. One thing that tag along in my mind until these days is that my friends and I used bamboo to make our handmade light. Yeah, when I was in primary school, we attended evening school that initiative from some of the villagers to create the next generation who are willing to help others and lift up humanity. Because we did not have any electricity, we were in complete darkness after 6 PM. Therefore, as we went home after 7PM, my friends created this handmade light from bamboo. We cut about 30 cm - 50 cm of bamboo, then filled it with gasoline inside. After that, we used some unwanted fabric at home, placed it to enclosed the bamboo. Tada... we light the fabric with lighter!🤩👏😁 The distance of the class from our houses was about 500-600 m, yet we didn't have any nerve to walk home in the darkness. Do not think that our parents would pick us up, NO, villager children like us were independent children. I do remember one particular event, that night we did not bring our handmade light. We went home under pouring rain and lightning without a raincoat or even an umbrella. Instead of feeling scared, we were happy "bring more rain" and danced in the rain. Sometimes we fell and our knees bled because the road was in bad condition with lots of holes, however, instead of crying, we were laugh together.😆😄😅 What an unforgettable memory I have😊 That is my story about bamboo plants!🤗

Speaking about the curry recipes, this recipe is definitely Ichi's fusion recipe where I make recipes with anything that I can find around me. I have tried to adapt to the environment where I live. Therefore, I call my recipes is fusion recipes as I create them in order to adapt, moreover to meet my taste, inspired by Indonesian, Japanese, and Western food, I make Ichi's Fusion Recipes! So, let's check it out!

Ingredient:

• 500 g boiled bamboo shoot - cut as you like
• 200 ml cooking cream
• 2300 ml of water
• 3 anchovies stock cubes
• 20 g of garlic powder
• 20 g of onion powder

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• 10 g black pepper powder
• 10 g yellow ginger powder aka turmeric
• 2 bay leaves - if you do not have it that's ok
• 8 cloves of shallot - chop them
• 6 cloves of garlic - chop it
• 10-13 g of belacan (shrimp paste)

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• 20-30 ml of olive oil
• 1 tbsp of chili paste - optional

These are what you do:

• Prepare the pan, pour olive oil, add belacan, add garlic and shallot that you chop. Turn on the stove on medium-low flame. Saute until fragrant or about 3 minutes
• Pour water. Turn the stove on medium flame and let it boil

Ichi's Fusion Recipes: Bamboo shoot curry - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti

• Add boiled bamboo shoot, pour cooking cream. Stir them well
• Add garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper powder, yellow ginger powder, anchovies stock cubes, chili paste, and bay leaves. Let them cook for about 10-15 minutes and turn off the stove
• That's it, the bamboo shoot curry is ready! Serve it with fried shallot. This recipe is enough for up to 8 people!😃

Ichi's Fusion Recipes: Bamboo shoot curry - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti

It sounds easy, isn't it? The taste is great as well! We can eat this dish with rice cake! Thank you for reading Ichi's Fusion Recipes. See you in my next article, keep your courage, stay safe, and have a good day!

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• Written by Acik Mardhiyanti
• Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti
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