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Manipur · Lunch

Ensaang

Traditional 8. Ensaang recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Mixed vegetables (bottle gourd, pumpkin, cabbage, etc. - diced): 400g
• Onion (coarsely chopped): 55g
• Ginger (grated): 6g
• Green chilli (sliced): 4
• Fermented dried fish (ngari - crumbled): 8g
• Water: 500ml
• Salt: 3g
• Oil: 8ml
• Fresh coriander (chopped): 12g
• Spring onion (chopped): 10g

👩‍🍳 How to make Ensaang

1. Dice all vegetables (2 min)
2. Heat oil lightly in pot (1 min)
3. Add grated ginger, cook 1 minute
4. Add coarsely chopped onion, cook 2 minutes
5. Add sliced green chilli
6. Add diced vegetables, stir gently (1 min)
7. Pour water, add salt
8. Bring to boil (5 min)
9. Reduce heat to medium-low
10. Simmer 12-15 minutes until all vegetables are completely tender
11. Add crumbled fermented fish, stir in (2 min)
12. Simmer additional 2 minutes (fish flavor distributes)
13. Serve hot in bowls
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