(Baonghean.vn) - The Thai people in the Western region of Nghe An have many delicious dishes. In addition to mooc, lap, voi, com lam, banana porridge... there is also a very unique dish of canh hoa san (sticky shoots).
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| Lui is a small, thin tree, 3.4 m high, branching from the base, forming clumps. Lui trees often grow in the forest, and are also brought back by people to grow as ornamental plants. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Follow Mr. Lo Van Duc, residing in Canh Trap village, Tam Thai commune, Tuong Duong, into the forest to find the Lui tree. Mr. Duc said, "The highland people love the dish of Canh Hoa San (Lui shoot soup), so many people go to get it. Some people take it to eat, some take it to sell, so now you have to go deep into the forest to get the Lui tree." People only choose to cut the top part to bring home to cook soup. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| After taking the top of the bamboo shoots from the inside, you must peel off the outer shell and only take the young core inside. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| The skewers after being cleaned. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| The main ingredient of the dish is the bamboo shoots, cooked with wild banana cores and pork bone broth. In addition, the spices are betel leaves and amaranth. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Ms. Vi Thi Lien, residing in Canh Trap village, Tam Thai commune, said: The dish of worm shoot soup is very cool and nutritious. In particular, this dish is also a medicine that helps nursing mothers produce more milk. However, according to the experience of the Thai people, when cooking for nursing mothers, be careful not to remove the betel leaves and banana cores because it can easily cause dry milk, but should replace the betel leaves and banana cores with sweet betel leaves. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| This soup has the sweetness of pork bones, the bitter taste of tapeworms, the cool taste of wild banana cores, the aroma of betel leaves... Photo: Dinh Tuan. |
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| Nowadays, the bamboo shoots are sold widely in highland markets and are very popular. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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