Kao Lam

Feb 16th:

The troops are back from their Laos vacation.  One of the goodies that they brought back is Kao Lam - tubes of sweet rice that they had bought at the street market.

Step 1:  Mix the ingredients (rice and coconut and other sweet spices) in a bamboo link

Step 2:  Cook it over an open fire, with the bamboo tubes standing up.  As the rice cooks,it expands and fills up the tube.

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Step 3:  Shave off the burnt outer skin of the bamboo so that it looks nice.  This is the point at which it is sold.

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Step 4:  The customer takes it home and then peels off the rest of the bamboo tube, leaving a very thin layer of bamboo peel (like the inside of a banana peel) on the tube of cooked rice.



Step 5:  Slice the tube

Step 6:  Enjoy!

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