Enjoy delicious dishes from 3 regions made from rươi

(Baonghean.vn) - The ancients concluded that around "September 20th, October 5th" is the time when the most worms come out of the ground. At that time, people living along the river prepare all the tools to catch worms to eat.

Rươi has a lot of nutrients that can be used to make many delicious and nutritious dishes such as rươi sauce, rươi rolls, rươi spring rolls, stir-fried rươi, rươi soup... Each dish brings a different flavor but still does not reduce the characteristic fatty taste of rươi.

1. Grilled sandworms with betel leaves (or fried)

Grilled rươi in betel leaves is another attractive way to prepare this dish. The steps are also quite simple, in which the cook often mixes the rươi with minced pork, minced shoulder meat, chopped chili, shredded betel leaves, tangerine peel, and accompanying spices. Then, these ingredients are mixed together and rolled tightly into betel leaves, you can use toothpicks to fix it or use scallion leaves blanched in hot water. The final step is to grill these meatballs on a hot charcoal stove.

Grilled earthworms with betel leaves.

2. Braised crab in clay pot

The dish of braised earthworms in a clay pot, also known as braised earthworms in a clay pot, is a dish that retains the characteristic flavor of earthworms. When making braised earthworms, people often line the bottom of the pot with a layer of ginger, star fruit, radish, tangerine peel, dill, and julienned gac leaves, then arrange the earthworms on top, season with spices and MSG so that the earthworms can absorb those spices harmoniously, pour in enough water to cover the earthworms, cover tightly and cook over low heat until the water in the pot dries up, which is when the earthworms are soft and fragrant.

Braised earthworms in clay pot.

This dish is very popular during Tet, the number of customers ordering delicious dishes made from rươi increases, especially the dish of rươi stewed in a clay pot that many people are interested in and has greatly increased the consumption of this dish. Although it costs more than 1 million VND/pot,dishes made from earthwormsThis fairly new attraction has always attracted a large number of domestic visitors.

3. Stir-fried earthworms with lotus root

Stir-fried earthworms with lotus root.

Nieng is a type of wild rice that has been swollen into a nieng tuber shape by a fungus and lost the ability to flower like seasonal rice. Stir-fried rươi with nieng tuber is a dish that fully utilizes the flavors of nieng. In this dish, you only need enough ingredients such as rươi, scallions, gac leaves, pork belly, nieng tuber, chicken eggs and some spices, you will have a new rươi dish.

4. Fried shrimp rolls

Shrimp paste.

Cha ruoi also has another name, roi dua cua, is considered a popular dish in Hanoi cuisine. The ingredients chosen for processing must be the red, large, milky type of rươi from the brackish water region of Thai Binh and Hai Phong. The way to make this dish is also very simple, including only eggs, beaten rươi, minced meat and indispensable tangerine peel, dill leaves and a little fresh chili, then fried.

5. Nem ruoi

Nem ruoi

In addition to the ingredients and mixing method similar to the dish of Cha Ruoi, the difference in Nem Ruoi is that it has bean sprouts, wood ear mushrooms, and cellophane noodles. These ingredients are wrapped in spring rolls and fried in a pan with cooking oil.

6. Salt-roasted shrimp

Salt fried shrimp.

The worms are cleaned of hair, dipped in a mixture of flour and cornstarch until evenly coated, then fried until golden brown. The lolot leaves are sliced ​​into strips and fried in hot oil for decoration. The white salt is also roasted until hot and dry, then mixed with the fried worms until golden brown and absorbed.

The thing to note is not to add too much salt, otherwise the dish will be very salty. Usually, just a small teaspoon is enough. The delicious, crunchy, attractive flavor of salt-roasted roe makes anyone who has eaten it once remember it forever.

7. Shrimp paste

Shrimp paste.

Because the season of the worm is short, Hanoians think of a way to preserve that flavor by making worm sauce. When the season comes, Hanoi housewives buy more worm to make fish sauce. The way to make fish sauce and shrimp sauce is similar to making worm sauce.

After scooping up the shrimp, wash it thoroughly and marinate it with water and coarse salt, then dry it in the sun for about 10-15 days. A good fish sauce should have a golden honey color. When eating, just squeeze in some lemon and a few slices of chili.

8. How to cook crab soup/Crab soup/Crab hotpot:

Simple preparation but great benefits: detoxifying, nourishing and fatigue-reducing.

Hotpot with earthworms.

Beat the roe with a small spoon of salt, put it in a pot with water, then put it on the stove, turn on high heat and bring to a boil. Then put it on the stove to boil, the roe will form a layer floating like crab roe, you continue to filter the sour mixture and add it. Fry the onion and fat, add the tomatoes and stir-fry, then pour it on top of the roe cake, add a few sliced ​​​​sour star fruit or sour bamboo shoots.

Don't forget to add a little chili to reduce the fishy smell of fresh shrimp. Then season with fish sauce, soup powder, MSG and bring to a boil. Simmer until boiling again, add chopped green onions, dill and shredded tangerine peel, stir gently then turn off the heat, serve hot.

With this recipe, you can cook with a young bamboo shoot cut into thin strips and the whole earthworm without pureeing it. The earthworm soup cooked with bamboo shoots is less sour and you can add thinly sliced ​​coriander leaves.

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