Tadpole stew (Aw Huak)
Enjoyable Aw Huak with herbs from the garden
Lao Kitchen
ลูกอีสาน เล่นกินเที่ยว
Ingredients
- 1 bowl of tadpole
- ½ bowl of small fish
- 15 green or red chillies
- 1 bowl of basil
- 3 tablespoons of spring onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 shallots (thin sliced)
- 1 bowl of dill
- 2 stalks of lemongrass (bruise and cut)
- ½ cup of soaked sticky rice (pounded)
- 2 tablespoons of fermented fish
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 glasses of water
Method
- Put the garlic cloves and 5 of the chillies into a mortar and pound them.
- Heat the water in a pan and add the shallots, the lemongrass, and the pounded chillies. Cover the pan for 5-10 and let the water cook.
- Add the fermented fish, the salt, the tadpole, and the small fish into the pan.
- Wait for 2-3 minutes before adding the soaked sticky rice. Cover the pan for 10 minutes.
- Add the basil, the dill, and the spring onion. Cover the pan for 5 minutes again.
- Taste the mixture and adjust if needed.
- When it has the desired taste, transfer the tadpole stew into a bowl for serving.