(NLDO) - Besides nem chua, Thanh Hoa also has many other famous delicious dishes to help relieve boredom during Tet such as shrimp rolls, rice rolls, banh rang bua, banh khoai pot rang...
These are all everyday rustic dishes of Thanh Hoa people, the ingredients to make these dishes are not difficult. During Tet, eating too much banh chung, meat and fish will make us feel very bored, so rustic dishes can help diversify meals and prevent boredom.
Nem chua
Nem chua is a famous specialty in Thanh Hoa, this is a delicious dish that is indispensable during every Tet holiday.
When mentioning Thanh Hoa, visitors from near and far all know about nem chua, a famous dish in this land. The main ingredient to make nem is lean pork, the meat must be supple, fresh, and delicious. After cleaning, the meat is ground or pounded, the pork skin is cleaned, boiled, thinly sliced into fibers, fragrant roasted rice bran or corn bran mixed with many other spices.
In addition, fresh banana leaves used to wrap spring rolls are an equally important material. Banana leaves are washed, dried and then torn into small pieces to suit each spring roll. After preparing the main ingredients, the wrapping process begins. From the pre-made ingredients, each roll is rolled into a roll. The wrapper adds a few slices of chili, garlic and a few leaves of Polyscias fruticosa to give the spring rolls a distinctive aroma.
This dish is light and easy to use, so it is very popular during Tet.
During the traditional Tet holiday, nem chua in Thanh Hoa is always "out of stock", the price is one and a half times higher, even double the usual price. However, due to the convenience of nem chua and its ability to relieve boredom, this dish is still favored by many people.
Shrimp cake
Thanh Hoa shrimp rolls are also a popular snack.
Not only sour spring rolls, Thanh Hoa shrimp rolls are also an attractive and famous dish thanks to the characteristic flavor of shrimp. Shrimp rolls are made from the main ingredient of sea shrimp, which is rich in nutrients and minerals. After being caught, the shrimp will be cleaned, pounded, minced pork belly and dried onions, stir-fried with a little pepper, gac powder and then mixed well. After that, put the above ingredients into rice noodles, roll them up and put them on the grill.
When the meatloaf is cooked, it will be served with raw vegetables, a dipping sauce made from diluted fish sauce mixed with thinly sliced green papaya, sliced figs, fresh chili, garlic, vinegar, sugar... With a delicious flavor, combined with many sour, spicy, and astringent flavors, it will definitely be a strange and attractive dish .
Rice rolls
Banh cuon used to be a breakfast dish, but now it has become a popular snack, sold on many streets in Thanh Hoa City during Tet. Photo: Tuan Minh
This rustic dish is very popular in the breakfast of Thanh Hoa people, but now it has become popular and become a snack. The cake is made from rice flour after being steamed with steam on a pot stretched with cloth, taken out with a round tube and skillfully spread on a small tray, with the filling made from peeled shrimp, minced lean meat, wood ear mushrooms, onions... After being cooked, the cake is rolled into a ball and served on a plate with light fish sauce, lemon juice, sprinkled with ground pepper and fried shallots.
Nowadays, many restaurants in Thanh Hoa City also have additional dishes such as egg rolls and vegetable rolls (made from mugwort). Instead of the usual filling, egg rolls and vegetable rolls only use egg and vegetable fillings.
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Banh rang bua is also an indispensable rustic dish during Tet in many rural areas of Thanh Hoa province. Photo: Tuan Minh
Banh rang bua is a traditional cake that is usually made on full moon days, death anniversaries, Lunar New Year or when the family has work. Nowadays, most localities in the province make banh rang bua and it is made all year round to serve holidays, Tet, and serve tourists when they come to Thanh land.
The ingredients for making the cake are rice, after the flour is ground into flour, it is then put on the stove to cook until the dough is soft and chewy. The cake is then wrapped in dong leaves or banana leaves, the filling includes pork belly, wood ear mushrooms, pepper and chopped fried shallots. After wrapping the cake, the final step is to put the cake in a pot and pour boiling water until the cake is cooked. The most delicious cake is eaten when it is still hot, on cold winter days. The hot cake will have the aroma of onion fat, soft and delicious, just right for the taste and the indispensable dipping sauce is fish sauce.
On Tet holiday, when people often visit and wish each other a happy new year, drink a lot of beer and wine, and eat foods high in protein, adding some banh beo to the meal tray will make the meal more attractive and less boring.
Pot-roasted pancakes
Pot-roasted banh khoai is a delicious and attractive dish. Photo: Tuan Minh
This is also a famous delicious snack in Thanh Hoa. However, when first hearing it, many people will mistake it for shrimp pancake. However, this dish is completely different. Fried pot pancake used to be very popular in Thanh Hoa city, but now very few people still sell this snack.
The cake is made from rice, then soaked in water to the right degree, avoid too sour or the cake will be broken and not fragrant, not keeping its elasticity. The cake filling is made from fresh shrimp, pork belly, fried eggs, green onions and coriander. Fresh shrimp is steamed, peeled, pork is boiled, fried eggs, all three are cut into strips. Green onions and coriander are chopped, seasoned with black pepper and mixed with crushed onions.
Mrs. My's famous fried pot pancake shop on Tong Duy Tan Street, Thanh Hoa City. Photo: Tuan Minh
The unique feature of this delicacy lies in the molding process, the cake will be put into round stainless steel molds and then placed on a greased pot. When the cake is golden brown, the baker will quickly flip it over so that the other side is evenly cooked, then take it out and eat it with raw vegetables, dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce. The cake can be eaten with vermicelli.
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