Usoi Uti

A famous Manipuri Bamboo shoot dish.

Main Dish

Vegetarian

Bamboo Meal

Kanglei

Curry

Usoi Uti

Friday, February 11, 2022 By : KH MATHOU

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A famous Manipuri Bamboo shoot dish.

11 Ingredients
45 Mins
4 People

Uti Thongba is one of the most favorite, important and popular Manipuri vegetarian dish which is a compulsory dish in grand feast. There are many types of Uti dishes like Usoi Uti, Mangan Uti, etc. For this recipe we are going to cook Uti with Bamboo shoot and it is called Usoi Uti.

Usoi Uti

Preparation Time
15 minutes

Cook Time
30 minutes

Total Time
45 minutes

Servings
4 servings

Ingredients
11 ingredients

Directions
8 steps

Ingredients

Primary

	1/2 teaspoon - Sodium bicarbonate/cooking soda Preferably filtered water by ashes of pea plants or rice plants (ancient method) - 1/2 liter
	10-15 pieces, sliced - Red/green chilles
	1/2 cup, chopped - Chives or spring onion leaves
	1/4 cup - Rice
	1 cup, thin sliced - Bamboo shoot
	2 - Bay leaves
	1 piece, medium sliced - Onion
	To taste - Salt
	2 & 1/2 cups - Soaked white dried peas
	5-6 teaspoon - Oil
	1/2 teaspoon - Cumin seed powder

Directions

1
Put all the ingredients except those for tempering into the pressure cooker with 3 cups water and put on heat.
2
When the cooker is just about to whistle, put off the gas, do not let it whistle.
3
Let it cool down naturally.
4
Now open the lid and add the remaining water, stir and simmer.
5
In a pan, heat the oil till smoking hot, lower the heat to medium and put bay leaves and onion.
6
Fry the onion till golden brown. Add the chives and spring onion leaves and saute for few seconds.
7
Now add the contents of the cooker into the pan, add cumin seed (jeera) powder, salt, stir and cook for about 5 minutes, let it shimmer.
8
Put off the gas, transfer into a bowl and serve.