Jingpo Pound Vegetables

Jingpo Pound Vegetables

　　Jingpo Pound Vegetables

　　Entering a Jingpo home, you'll hear the saying, "Without the pounding of the mortar, the meal lacks flavor." As such, pound vegetables are among the most distinctive dishes in Jingpo cuisine. The Jingpo people place medicinal foods such as heartleaf houttuynia and bitter melon seeds, along with a rich variety of spices, seasonings, and grilled fish, shrimp, eel, and more, into a bamboo tube and pound them with a wooden mallet to create a flavorful dish that helps dispel wind, reduce heat, aid digestion, and strengthen the stomach.