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Lao's Soup with Bamboo and Yha-nang Leaves (Keng Pru)
‘Keng Prue’ or ‘Keng Laos’, Thai : แกงเปรอะ, แกงลาว is a soup from the North-eastern part of Thailand. The soup contains Thai herbs and vegetables those are good for your health, which the main ingredients are Yha-nang leave and Bamboo. These two ingredients are from Thai folk wisdom. When cook these together, Yha-nang leaves will conceal the bitterness of bamboo and give the soup a very rich taste that win the favour of Thai people heart.

Origin
The Bamboo soup is originated in Laos and Thailand, which first came to Thailand by the North-east part that connect to Laos. And from the tasty of the soup it become spread all over Thailand.

Ingredient
Curry paste (Galangal, Lemongrass, Shallot (red onion), Fresh Chili) Yha-nang leave, Boiled bamboo slice into pieces, Other vegetable (pumpkin, baby corn, green-roselle), Mushroom slice into pieces, Acacia picked, Lemon basil

How to cook
Preparing processes, first bring Yha-nang leave and water mix together with hand and percolate water out. Making the curry paste by pound lemongrass, galangal, fresh chili and red onion, get them pounded follow those sequence and you will get curry paste with no watery. Take only Yha-nang leaves juice into the pot, get it boiled. And put pounded ingredients with lemongrass, mix them together and wait until boil then put boiled bamboo. Mix them together and get it boiled again. Boil the vegetables and mushroom, seasoning it with ‘Plara’ (can add more pounded chili if you want). Get it boiled then add the acacia and lemon basil and stir the soup. Lift of the heat, ready to serve.

Nutrition and Medicinal
Bamboo and Yha-nang leaves, ancient Thai medical treatment believe that the bamboo has hot potency when consume too much it will cause you a flatulence. Which can cured by the juice from Yha-nang leaves that has cold flatulence. Also Thai herbs that are putted in the soup, they all have physiological action which can help people relieve their illness. Galangal and lemongrass help you in carminative. Also Yha-nang leaves itself can cure an illness and help you in detoxing, reduce your allergic and have the antioxidant.