3 Vietnamese dishes in the top 100 best coconut water dishes in the world

Pomelo sweet soup, banh bo, and fried coconut rice with shrimp are three Vietnamese dishes listed in the top 100 best coconut milk dishes in the world, announced by the culinary website Taste Atlas.

Pomelo tea is not only loved by Vietnamese people but also by international friends - Photo captured from YouTube

Grapefruit tea

Pomelo tea ranks 33rd with 3.8/5 stars.

In Vietnam, pomelo sweet soup is not just a dish but also associated with memories. childhood

Pomelo sweet soup is one of the rustic sweet soups of Vietnam - Photo: Captured from YOUTUBE

Because this dessert is often popular in rustic countryside areas, especially in the Western provinces.

Pomelo tea looks simple and rustic, but the process of making this dish is not easy.

The person making chè needs to prepare ingredients such as mung beans, tapioca starch, pandan leaves, sugar, and coconut milk. coconut...

Indispensable is the grapefruit pulp, which is the white layer covering the grapefruit segments.

The grapefruit pulp will be soaked in salt water to reduce the bitter taste, then the processor will cut it into bite-sized pieces.

The pomelo pulp "seeds" continue to be soaked in tapioca starch and refined sugar to maintain their crunchy, chewy texture. This is also the feeling that makes diners enjoy pomelo dessert.

Light yellow grapefruit dessert is often popular on hot days because it has a sweet taste and brings a cool feeling.

Banh bo

Banh bo is rated 43 with 3.6/5 stars.

Banh bo has been present in Vietnam for a long time. The dish is one of the "witnesses" to the cultural exchange between Vietnam and China.

From China to Vietnam, the cake has undergone significant adjustments, especially Chinese sponge cake without coconut milk, one of the "quintessence" aromas of Vietnamese sponge cake.

Vietnamese Banh Bo with many colorful colors - Photo: Vietnamese folk cakes

In Vietnam, banh bo is divided into many types such as palm banh bo, bamboo root banh bo, grilled banh bo, steamed banh bo, cotton banh bo...

To make fragrant and sweet Western-style cakes, the baker will prepare ingredients including rice flour, baking powder, yeast, sugar, coconut milk...

The maker needs to boil coconut milk with sugar, then add other ingredients to create the cake mixture.

The mixture is poured into molds, giving them a nice shape before serving.

It sounds easy, but each person's hand will give different flavors of banh bo.

Coconut rice with fried shrimp

Fried shrimp coconut rice ranked 79th.

This is one of the dishes that diners can almost only find in Ben Tre.

The reason the dish is called that is because the rice is cooked in a coconut. The top part of the coconut is cut off. Therefore, what makes the diners feel excited is the fragrant, pleasant smell.

Coconut rice with fried shrimp with a unique recipe

As described by Taste Atlas, rice and some other ingredients like peas, Lotus seeds, green onions... before being put into the coconut will be soaked in coconut water.

Once the ingredients are placed neatly in the coconut, the cook will steam them until they are fully cooked and blended together. Then, the diner will enjoy this rice dish with shrimp cooked in coconut milk.

Perhaps of the three dishes, fried shrimp with coconut rice is the dish most associated with the flavor of coconut, capable of stimulating readers' cravings for this dish.

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