Specialities from the country of Uncle Ho
There are many nice dishes on the world. However, not all dishes can bring people familiarity. If you have heard about the proverb “Thanh Chuong salad – Nam Dan chilli sauce”, you can know that they are 2 specialities of Nghe An’s area.
“Thanh Chuong salad” is known as “nhút”, made from the core of unripe jackfruit, mixed with salt in a bottle untill it becomes sour. It is a usual dish of the locals, and got with chilli sauce or fish sauce. Where is the name “Thanh Chuong salad” from? Thanh Chuong is the name of the land where its locals can make the most delicious salad. Up to now it has been just a dish in everyday meals. However, travellers who come here will certainly bring some of “Thanh Chuong salad” home.
Nam Dan is the native land of 2 great people: Phan Boi Chau and Ho Chi Minh. There is a speciality that impresses almost all people: “Nam Dan chilli sauce”.
“Nam Dan chilli sauce” has been made in traditional way. All people in the commune use chilli sauce in their meal. Moreover, it is a kind of food which is very suitable for the taste of everyone. Its ingredients are features of this land, and it is made very sophisticatedly. The kind of glutinous rice used to make chilli sauce must be of good quality. Soy used is soy of spring season. The jars used are good jars covered with caps, sucked in water for 3 or 4 days before exposed to sunshine. What makes “Nam Dan chilli sauce” special is its mould.
There are many kinds of “Nam Dan chilli sauce”: chilli sauce for cooking, for eating, sweat sauce, “instant” sauce. The difference among them is the rate between soy, glutinous rice and salt.
There are about 32.000 families in Nam Dan, and 22.000 of them know how to make chilli sauce. Each family make an average of about 50 litre of chilli sauce every year. The quantity of the commune is about over 1 million litre. It was first just a dish for everyday meal, but has become a speciality. It can be used with pork, beef, spinach,…
Food of rural areas is one of the most delicious and familiar one. It conveys the feature and the culture of each area. If you are on a all inclusive Vietnam vacation packages, or Cambodia Laos Vietnam tour or Laos Vietnam Cambodia Myanmar tours, remember to visit the fatherland of Uncle Ho to try interesting dishes.