2 people · Medium · 30 min · ₭ Cheap

Banana flower salad is one of the oldest menu in Laos. Today I have my mom's recipe to share with everyone. See how to cook below:

Ingredients

• 1 banana flower, take a small one
• 6 yellow fruit nightshade,
• 4 cloves of fresh garlic
• 2 fresh chili
• 4 tablespoons of white sesame, can be black sesame, roasted and pound roughly
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of MSG
• 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon of sliced green onion
• 1 teaspoon of sliced coriander
• 1 tablespoon of sliced culantro

Preparation

1. Prepare banana flower, make thin sliced and soak in the water (Add 1 tbsp of lime juice). leave it about 10mn before mixing salad.

2. Prepare the Yellow-Fruit-nightshade, remove all the seeds, make thin slices and soak in the water (Add 1tsp of salt). leave it about 10mn before mixing salad.

3. Remove banana flower slices and Yellow-Fruit-nightshade from the water and squeeze out the water. Put them in a big bowl.

4. Pound garlic and chili roughly and put them in a big bowl of banana flower

5. Add fish sauce,msg, salt, roasted sesame, green onion, coriander, and culantro. Mix them together by hands. Taste it and serve. Zap!