Bamboo shoots with coconut milk (ginataang labong)

Name: Bamboo shoots with coconut milk (ginataang labong)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh bamboo shoots (labong or tambo), boiled until tender and drained; 1 small tomato, sliced thinly; 250 kg shrimps; 2 cups coconut milk; 1 medium eggplant, sliced diagonally; 1 bunch saluyot (Corchorus Olitorius); salt and pepper to taste

Main Dish

Easy

40 min

A popular dish among Negrenses in the Visayas region of the Philippines, bamboo shoots are best cooked with shrimps and saluyot (jutes or Corchorus Olitorius).

Ingredients

1 cup fresh bamboo shoots (labong or tambo), boiled until tender and drained
1 small tomato, sliced thinly
250 kg shrimps
2 cups coconut milk
1 medium eggplant, sliced diagonally
1 bunch saluyot (Corchorus Olitorius)
salt and pepper to taste