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Het pho or het thop among the Lanna people goes well with pickled bamboo shoots and chicken or pork. To substitute for pickled bamboo shoots, young tamarind leaves or concinna or acidum can be used. (Tianchai Suthanin, personal communication, June 19, 2007)


1.	Earth star mushroom	100	Gm.
2.	Domestic raised chicken	100	Gm.
3.	Pickled bamboo shoots	100	Gm.
4.	Vegetable oil	2	Tbsp.
5.	Coriander	1/2	Tbsp.
6.	Spring onion	1/2	Tbsp.


1.	Dried Chili spur pepper	5	0
2.	Bird chili	4	0
3.	Shallots	3	0
4.	Garlic	20	0
5.	Salt	1/2	Tsp.
6.	Shrimp paste	1/2	Tbsp.

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1. Wash mushrooms carefully.
2. Pound together chili paste ingredients until pulverized.
3. Stir fry chili paste in vegetable oil. Add chicken.
4. Bring to a boil and add pickled bamboo shoots and mushrooms and cook 10-15 minutes. Stir and cook until mushrooms are tender. Remove from heat.

Select young mushrooms. Cut into halves and the inner part looks white. Bamboo shoots should be pickled for 2 days for best results.

Rattana Phromphichai. (1999). Kaeng Het Thop. in (Vol. 1, p. 488). Bangkok: Foundation for Thai Culture Encyclopedia, Siam Commercial Bank.Saranukrom wattanathamthai phak nuea


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