Manok pansoh

Malaysia · Southeast Asia

Short description: This bamboo-cooked chicken is herbal, gently smoky, and built around the aroma released by the cooking vessel.
Ingredients: Chicken, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, shallots, tapioca leaves, bamboo shoots, salt, pepper, water or stock, and a bamboo tube.
Cultural note: It is associated with longhouse feasts and bamboo-cooking traditions where the tube works as both pot and flavor source.
Common misconception: The bamboo is not a garnish; it is the cooking vessel that helps perfume the chicken and greens.

image credit

creator:: Song GK
source:: Wikimedia Commons
license:: CC0
modified:: Copied from Wikimedia Commons and center-cropped/resized/re-encoded for Gochizu; no other edits.