During the Lunar New Year, in the daily meals to welcome guests of the Thai ethnic people in western Nghe An, from the upper and lower villages, in addition to dishes with sticky rice tightly packed in a bowl such as Pa Pinh (grilled fish), grilled pork with pomelo leaves, sour fish... and sticky rice cakes as gifts for children such as buffalo horn cakes, shrimp cakes (a type of square sticky rice cake without filling, only as small as a Thanh sour sausage), it is absolutely indispensable.They grow- a typical Thai dish, very nutritious and also very rustic.
There are many typesThey grow, each type is delicious, each has its own flavor, but perhaps the most delicious and popular isThey growmade from river fish andThey growmade from chicken mixed with rice flour wrapped in green dong leaves. Rice is pounded in a Loong - a multifunctional utensil that is indispensable in any Thai family - The pounded rice is mixed with river fish or minced chicken. Add spices such as salt, roasted doi seeds, green chili... IfThey growmade from chicken, add chopped lemongrass and pounded to increase the aroma, you can add some lemon leaves, it's simple but it's not easy to make Ho Moc reach the level of "specialty". Want toThey growreally delicious, when serving guests receive sincere compliments, Thai women also take great care in preparing and wrapping the cakes.They growattractive. After mixing the spices with the rice flour, scoop each large spoon into the washed dong leaves, cut neatly, arrange them in layers of moderate thickness and wrap tightly... Usually each Ho Moc weighs about 400-500 grams. After wrapping, place them in a pot made of rosewood for about 1 hour when the characteristic aroma of rice and cooked chicken is released. Take it down, take it out, and arrange it neatly in a bamboo basket and place it carefully in the kitchen. For the Thai ethnic group in western Nghe An, usually on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, each family still wraps ten, fifteen, or even a few dozenThey growdepending on each house..It will be a source of pride and joy for the host when on the dinner table to entertain guests on Tet holiday, the packageThey growPeeled off, it gives off an attractive aroma and is enjoyed by guests with a sip of white wine.
It is a rustic dish, but many people when visiting the villages of western Nghe An and on the occasion of Lunar New Year get to enjoy it.They grow, will surely consider this a specialty, a dish imbued with the cultural style of the highland people.../.
Photo: They grow on the Tet tray of the Thai ethnic people in western Nghe An
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