fragrant bamboo glutinous rice

fragrant bamboo glutinous rice is baked with a special kind of bamboo-"Burhao Lan" as a cooker, which combines the fragrance of glutinous rice and bamboo, and is very popular among Dai people. It is a delicious food that must not be missed.

Dai-flavor Bao Shao

Dai-flavor Bao Shao is a special cooking method of the Dai people. It uses natural banana leaves to wrap the food to be cooked directly without a pot, and then bakes it to make a delicious dish, which is fragrant and delicious.

Fried moss

Fried moss is a special traditional food of the Dai people. The Dai people collect and wash the moss in the river, then fry it yellow, which is fragrant and crisp, and can also cool and detoxify.

Nanmi cowhide

Nanmi cowhide is a kind of fried cowhide. Generally, it is better when dipped in tomato sauce. It tastes crisp, spicy and sweet. It is also a special food with wine for the Dai people. It will be very pleasant to have a drink with it.

Nanmi

Anyone who has been a guest in Dai bamboo house will taste the food called Nanmi in Dai language. Nanmi is actually a kind of sauce. For example, "Nanmibu" is a kind of sauce made of crabs. When making, finely chop the crab meat, put it in an iron pot, add a proper amount of salt, mix well, and cook until the water is dry. Sun the crab sauce into dry slices for later use. When eating, grind the green pepper, coriander, garlic and a proper amount of salt with a salt stick, and mix well to serve.

grilled fish with citronella

Dai people cook fish, which are mostly made into sour fish or roasted citronella fish. In addition, they also make fish chop naan (that is, roast fish, pound it into mud and mix it with coriander, etc.), roasted fish and eel with white sauce. Grilled fish with citronella is a Dai flavor dish. The practice is to add the washed fish with onion, ginger, pepper and other seasonings, then wrap it with fragrant citronella, and then barbecue it on the fire. When roasting, the aroma is overflowing, and the roasted fish is fragrant and delicious.

steamed pork wrapped in leaves

is shaped like a palm, and the meat is soft, crisp and fragrant, with the smell of pepper, and tastes sweet. The method is to peel the pork, wash it, chop it, put it in a pot, cut the onion, garlic and green chili pepper, put the citronella into a small knot, sprinkle with salt and pepper powder, mix it with the chopped meat, then divide it into several portions (usually one or two), wrap it with banana leaves and steam it in a steamer.

Extended information:

Dai cuisine is characterized by sour and spicy taste, pleasant conversation, appetizing and no thickening when cooking. The selection of materials is also very unique. Apart from a wide variety of local vegetables in Yunnan, the precious fungi of Dai cuisine, many cauliflower and insects can be used in the dishes.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dai Cuisine