neem young shoots
ingredient / ingredient-neem-young-shoots
ニームの若芽 / Azadirachta indica var. siamensis
Young shoots of Thai sadao. Records describe preparation to reduce bitterness and eating them with a sweet fish-sauce dip.
Photographs (captions in Japanese)
Young leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica). Pinnate compound leaves just opened at the tips of branches; the new shoots still unfolding are reddish brown, and the mature parts have turned green. Photographed in Karnataka, India.
Shown: Azadirachta indicaPart / state: Young, reddish pinnate compound leaves just opened at a branch tip (neem new shoots)
Photo: Shashidhara halady / CC BY-SA 4.0 / original image / ledger's original image
Scope and provenance of the photo
Identification: Identified as labelled in the source. The subject of the source is neem (Azadirachta indica) from India, and it has not been confirmed that it is a plant of var. siamensis (sadao), the variety used in Thai cooking. Re-identification by a specialist has not been done.
Image shown: The 1920 px version from Wikimedia Commons. No cropping or color changes by NIGAMI LAB. For display, a WebP capped at 1200 px wide is served; the ledger's original image can be checked from the link above.
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Reading the bitterness
Azadirachta indica var. siamensis, called neem young shoots, is also known in Thailand as sadao. Records identify young shoots and young inflorescences as edible parts and describe eating them after preparation to reduce bitterness, with a sweet fish-sauce dip.
A Thai government-related website article records the young shoots and inflorescences as edible parts; it reproduces the original article and is not an identification report based on plant specimens. The same article says they are eaten with grilled catfish or nam phrik, but this is one example of how they are eaten, not a fixed recipe specifying quantities or combinations.
Sources for this overview
10 สมุนไพร ที่ปลูกทานเองที่สวนหลังบ้าน
Checked for this overview: The edible status of sadao young shoots and young inflorescences was confirmed. / The dish-sadao-nam-pla-wan brief was used to confirm the preparation to reduce bitterness and the sweet fish-sauce dip. / The fact that eating them with grilled catfish and similar foods is not a fixed recipe was confirmed.
Follow the connections
sadao nam pla wan →includes→ neem young shoots
neem young shoots →is prepared from→ Siamese neem tree
Hypotheses and recipe candidates for this entry are on the Japanese page.
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Composition and content (1)
Scope: Edible young shoots of Thai sadao
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ingredient-neem-young-shoots —is_prepared_from→ organism-azadirachta-indica-siamensisHow processing and cooking change it (2)
Scope: A candidate structural component of a dish. Regional variation in ingredients is unconfirmed
Note: Source not connected. Does not indicate quantities or cooking conditions.
No source connected — this claim has not been verified yet. It is a general-knowledge placeholder, not a confirmed statement.
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dish-sadao-nam-pla-wan —includes→ ingredient-neem-young-shootsScope: Eating method published by a Thai Ministry of Agriculture provincial office
Note: Not a fixed recipe — a culinary record of serving young shoots and flower clusters alongside.
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dish-sadao-nam-pla-wan —includes→ ingredient-neem-young-shootsCulture (1)
Scope: A candidate at the level of general knowledge. Regional and naming differences have not been confirmed.
No source connected — this claim has not been verified yet. It is a general-knowledge placeholder, not a confirmed statement.
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