Soibum Eromba

Eromba, a generic name of the dish prepared with crushed boiled vegetables, fermented fish with chilly. This taste is different depending on the type of vegetable used, for example with Bamboo shoot it is called “Soibum eromba” with Giant bean “Yongchaak eromba” with young banana stem “Laphu eromba” and so on. Where “Ametpa or Morok Metpa and Singju” meaning dry crusted with Ngari with chilly, Chilly with fresh vegetables is even used in the fast food in the local restaurants, it is a hot and tasty preparation. Eromba by its nature is usually on the higher side of hotness when it comes to the amount of chilly used.(Source wikipedia: Meitei)
The above pic. is of Soibum(fermented bamboo shoot) eromba one of my fav. eromba.
Ingredients:
1.150 gms Soibum.
2.2 medium size potato
3.10-12 dried red chillies.
4.Ngari (Fermented fish)
5. Salt to taste
Method:
-Wash the soibum for 4-5 times.
-In a pressure cooker put soibum,potato's and chilles.
-Keep till three whistle.
-Make a paste of the boiled chillies, ngari and salt.
-Mix the chille-ngari paste with aloo and soibum. Add water if u wish to make the gravy light but do not add the same water in which you've boiled soibum.
-Garnish with onion, the mouth watering soibum eromba is ready....m feeling hungryyy