DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Kaeng Nor Mai
Kaeng nor mai is a Lao bamboo-shoot stew with yanang, pork, vegetables and fresh herbs.
About Kaeng Nor Mai
Kaeng nor mai is a Lao bamboo-shoot stew with yanang, pork, vegetables and fresh herbs. Saeng Douangdara’s Southern Lao rendition has a thicker broth from sticky rice paste, with both pork belly and spareribs.
Yanang contributes its distinctive green, earthy flavour. Lemongrass, shallot and bird’s-eye chilli provide the aromatic base, while fish sauce and padaek give the broth a pronounced savoury character.
Bamboo, mushrooms, squash and okra create varied textures around the tender pork. The hot stew is accompanied by warm sticky rice, with additional vegetables and herbs available to vary the bowl.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish.
Optional additions: Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Kaeng Nor Mai
Saeng Douangdara’s Southern Lao pork and yanang bamboo stew.
- Sticky riceBase
- WaterLiquid
- LemongrassAromatic
- Fresh bird’s-eye chilliesSeasoning
- ShallotAromatic
- Pork bellyProtein
- Pork spareribsProtein
- Yanang leavesAromatic
- Kosher saltSeasoning
- Wood ear mushroomsBase
- Fresh bamboo shootsBase
- Kabocha squashBase
- OkraBase
- Fish sauceSeasoning
- PadaekSeasoning
- Climbing wattle leavesAromaticIngredient page not linked
- Rice paddy herbAromatic
- Spring onion greensAromatic
- Additional mushrooms, types unspecifiedBase · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Additional squash, varieties unspecifiedBase · Optional
- Shiitake mushroomsBase · Optional
- Straw mushroomsBase · Optional
- Lao basil (lemon basil)Aromatic · Optional
- Smooth luffa gourdBase · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Hard-boiled quail eggsTopping · Optional
- Fresh vegetables, varieties unspecifiedAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Sticky rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal full card dry sticky rice,73 paste thickener and optional warm cooked-rice service99. Shared required main grain stays required; cooked service is optional and exact upstream side method unprovided by current unlinked service.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal card water, pork first/second boil77/93, bamboo89, rice paste and preferred own yanang extraction91; shared main Water required.
- Lemongrass: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Card inner minced and outerstalk bundle; actual74 defines soft paste/hard steeped exterior, same plant allocation.
- Fresh bird’s-eye chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75 and full card; broad bird-eye chilli candidate, exact cultivar unknown.
- Shallot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual76 fresh curry paste and full card; precise incorporation omitted in card method, not invented.
- Pork belly: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal card and77.
- Pork spareribs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal card and77, broader pork-ribs candidate.
- Yanang leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual78 expressly prefers own extract when leaves accessible; complete own91 leaves plus Water blending/straining expands prepared card extract. No canned-product formula or botanical variety invented.
- Kosher salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual79 and card pinch, broader Salt.
- Wood ear mushrooms: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual80/card; exact species unprovided.
- Fresh bamboo shoots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual89 fresh offered; complete card first method explicitly peeling fresh bamboo and simmering. Card prepared shredded bamboo is expanded via actual same-source fresh preparation, no outside process.
- Kabocha squash: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual82/card, broad Squash candidate only; exact botanical cultivar mapping unprovided, not Butternut replacement.
- Okra: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual83/card.
- Fish sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual84/card normal Fish sauce; intended full product formula unprovided.
- Padaek: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual84/card named Lao fermented fish seasoning, broad fermented-fish-sauce candidate. Exact fish species/full product formula unprovided.
- Climbing wattle leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual85/card leaves; exact species/form mapping unsupported. Cha-om-shoot registry is not automatically identical plant part, null rather than guess.
- Rice paddy herb: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual86/card first explicitly preferred herb selected over sweet basil alternative; source spelling patty retained as identity note, no botanical species invented.
- Spring onion greens: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual87/card explicitly green part; final-addition prose95 supplies stage despite card omission.
- Additional mushrooms, types unspecified (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual80 openly offers other favourite mushrooms; optional category with unprovided membership, alongside individually named same-source examples97. No assumed allergy absence.
- Additional squash, varieties unspecified (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual97 same-construction extra-vegetable section permits different squash; optional additions beyond required named Kabocha. Exact varieties unknown.
- Shiitake mushrooms (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual97 named extra same-construction vegetable option; selected standard full card remains primary branch, additional options optional.
- Straw mushrooms (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual97 named extra same-construction vegetable option.
- Lao basil (lemon basil) (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual97 explicitly identifies Lao basil as lemon basil, broad Basil candidate only; not replacement for selected Rice paddy herb.
- Smooth luffa gourd (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual97 extra vegetable, exact catalogue botanical match unresolved; no ridge-gourd substitution.
- Hard-boiled quail eggs (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual97 some people enjoy adding; actual prepared egg option retained, upstream egg-boiling formula unprovided.
- Fresh vegetables, varieties unspecified (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual99 offered fresh-vegetable service, optional outside complete main. Exact members and formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Laos
- LaosCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Southern Lao
- Lao CuisineCatalogue link pending review