Come eat a bowl of taro soup

Yam - a familiar potato that can be used to make many delicious dishes

The north wind blew in, and soon the year would be over. Small streets, small alleys, the wind blew. Suddenly awakening in me a lingering nostalgia for the delicious, fatty, and aromatic taste of a pot of taro soup.

During harvest season, yams are carried on people’s shoulder poles and “stay” in corners of the house, under the bed. Occasionally, when there are important guests, women in the countryside just need to drag a few yams from under the bed, wash off the outer skin, boil them, and dip them in bean salt.

Quang Nam has a sweet potato dessert. Stew it with a handful of sticky rice, shake the chopsticks until the potato is soft, then add sugar, and don't forget to add a little crushed fresh ginger. Scoop the dessert into a bowl, the sweet aroma of the potato and ginger blend together.

But there is nothing like yam soup with bones. Holding a bowl of yam soup fresh out of the oven, just inhaling it is enough to warm the body.

How to cook yam soup is simple, it only takes a few minutes in the kitchen to prepare. But to have a delicious, flavorful bowl of soup, choosing the right ingredients is quite important. Just a few pork bones, a few yams and spices, you have a delicious pot of soup for the whole family.

Attractive hot bowl of taro soup on a windy day

Roots that are still firm, fresh, not bruised, crushed, cracked or chipped are the first choice of housewives. Peel the yam, wash it, cut it into bite-sized pieces, and drain.

According to the experience of women in the countryside, before peeling the yam, you should blanch it in boiling rice water. This step helps the potato skin to peel off easily. As for the bones, you must choose the type of bone, whether it is the shank bone or the tail bone.

On a low fire, the bones are simmered until tender, then the potatoes are added. The fire must be watched so that the bones and potatoes are soft but still intact. Add some thinly sliced ​​onions and a few sprigs of coriander, and the whole family will be bustling around the dinner table.

More than a month until Tet, but this afternoon the street market corner is full of the Tet atmosphere of my hometown with lots of beans, potatoes, and vegetables. So I couldn't hesitate, I immediately bought a kilo of yam to cook soup to satisfy my nostalgia.

Although it doesn't have the smell of wood smoke, a bowl of hot, simple taro soup in the middle of the city is just as fragrant as a bowl of soup from memories of home...

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