Collecting wild kae flowers that have fallen all over the park along the Chi River in Yasothon. Wild kae flowers curry with pork belly, slightly bitter, delicious and tempting to eat.

At Rim Chi Park in Yasothon Municipality, many wild kae trees or canna trees are planted. In the morning, wild kae flowers fall to the ground. Villagers who come to exercise or relax will collect them to cook. Most of them will boil them and eat them with chili paste. The taste is slightly bitter.

But there is another interesting menu, which is wild sesbania flower curry with pork belly. The originator is Aunt Phitsamai, 65 years old, whose house is near the public park by the river. She said that she saw wild sesbania flowers falling all over the ground, so she tried to make a curry with pork belly. The method is not difficult. Boil the wild sesbania flowers and set aside. Then prepare the curry paste. Pound the dried chili, lemongrass, and shallots until coarsely mixed. Set up a stove, set up a pot, boil the water with yarr
ow leaves, and add the blanched wild sesbania flowers, followed by the curry paste. When it starts to boil, add the pork belly and continue to boil until the pork is cooked. Add the glutinous rice or finely ground sticky rice to make the curry thick. Season with salt, fermented fish sauce, fish sauce, and MSG as desired. Finally, add the betel leaves and acacia shoots. The bitter taste is similar to that of sesbania. If eaten with sour mustard greens and minced catfish, it is even more delicious.

Source: Thai News Agency