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The Lanna Eating Culture
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Lu (mainly blood mixed with some spices) Information of Expert
 
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            Lu is eaten like lap and sa chin with a similar kind of ingredients. Pork blood is preferable. Some recipes call for the liquid from the chyme (left over food residue in the intestines) which can be used fresh or boiled instead of blood and it is called “Lu phia”. (Pratan Nanchaisin, personal communication, July 3, 2007; Rattana Phromphichai, 1999, p. 7482)
 
Ingredients
1. Minced pork50 Gm.
2. Crispy fried Viscera200 Gm.
3. Pork kidneys1/2 Cup
4. Pork fat1/2 Cup
5. 2 Cup
6. Liquid from boiled Shrimp paste2 Tbsp.
7. Liquid from Pickled garlic 1/2 Cup
8. Crispy fried Lime leaves10 Leaves
9. Crispy fried Kaffir lime leaves10 Leaves
10. Crispy fried Lemongrass2 Tbsp.
11. Fried sliced shallots2 Tbsp.
12. Fried chopped garlic2 Tbsp.
13. Lap chili paste3 Tbsp.
14. Lemongrass leaves10 0
15. Chopped Vietnamese mint2 Tbsp.
16. Chopped Coriander2 Tbsp.
17. Chopped Spring onion2 Tbsp.
Cooking method of Lu (mainly blood mixed with some spices)
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1. To disguise the odor of the blood, put the fresh lemongrass in it and squeeze it in the blood to release the fragrance of the lemongrass.
2. Add soup stock and lap chili mix, pickle juice and shrimp paste liquid to the blood and mix well.
3. Add minced pork.
4. Add kidneys, meat and fat and blend well.
5. Add the crispy fried ingredients as well as knotweed, coriander and spring onions
6. Add crispy fried viscera last. Stir to mix.
 
Tips
The pork blood from the hollow part of the breast is believed to be the cleanest. (Rattana Phromphichai, 1999, p. 7482)

Rattana Phromphichai. (1999). Lu. In Saranukrom Wattanathamthai Phak Nuea (Vol. 14, p. 7482).Bangkok: The Siam Commercial Bank Foundation for the Encyclopedia of Thai Culture.