2 people · Medium · 40 min · ₭ Average

Or Larm (dry beef or pork stew with herbs) is a signature food of Luang Prabang province. This dish has been found in other parts of Laos as well. This is a real authentic dish of Laos.

Ingredients

• 8 dried beef
• 5 fresh chili, more or less
• 2 stalks of lemongrass
• 6 Asian red shallots
• 5 slices of sliced galangal
• 4 round eggplants, cut into 4 pieces
• 1 slice of fresh ginger
• 1 small bowl of wood ear mushroom
• 1 bunch of fresh dill
• 4 long green bean, cut into bite size
• 2 stalks of sakharn - lao spicy chili wood
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 tablespoon of Lao fermented fish sauce (padek)
• 2 tablespoons of khao beua (soaked sticky rice pounded)

Preparation

1. Roast red shallots, galangal slices, ginger slices, lemongrass, and chili until it become brown color and bring aroma.

2. Have a pot, add water. When the water is boiling, add the roasted ingredients into the pot, then add dry beef, round eggplants, long green beans, and Sakharn wood.

3. Boil for about 15 minutes.

4. Take out the chili, round eggplants, and red shallots to get pounded in a mortar. Then put them back to the pot.

5. Add the pounded Khaobeua mixed with a little bit of cold water and stir well.

6. Add wood-ear mushrooms, stir well.

7. Season with fermented fish sauce (padek) and a bit of salt. Stir well. Follow by adding fresh vegetables (as you like) and fresh dill of course.

8. Adjust the taste and serve in a bowl with sticky rice or steamed rice :) So Goooood :)