Busy with the job of a chief accountant at the company, but every day, Kim Thoa (38 years old, Hanoi) is still working hard in the kitchen to cook for her family. The mother of two is sharing, she loves to cook. The person who brings inspiration to the kitchen after a tiring day of work is her son. She confided, “She’s 15 years old, picky eater and very thin, so I have to regularly look up recipes online… to make him eat better.” Maybe that’s why gradually, her passion for cooking is getting bigger and bigger. It is not simply a responsibility to children, but also shows a woman’s love for her family. Kim Thoa is very passionate about cooking Currently, each meal she will cook for her family of 6, including her husband’s parents, her husband and her two sons. Every time I go to the kitchen, I will spend 1 – 1 and a half hours to cook, depending on what’s on the menu today. The cost is also carefully calculated by the mother to be appropriate and to avoid excess food, the number ranges from 150,000 to 200,000 VND/meal. Every meal I will cook for my family of 6 However, she is not too heavy on how much money is required for each meal, but for a good mother, a meal must always be nutritious and of good quality. The children are at a developing age, the elderly parents-in-law need to nourish their bodies, and the husband and wife also need health to work. Therefore, the nutrition of the meal is always her top priority. In particular, when going to the market, she always chooses fresh food. In this way, the meal will not only taste better, but also be safe and quality. The cost of her family’s daily meal ranges from 150,000 to 200,000 VND/meal. With a family of 3 generations and as large as hers, so that everyone can feel good when enjoying, Ms. Kim Thoa often arranges to cook 4 dishes in a meal. These dishes are usually soups, vegetables, stir-fries and savory dishes. She also has to regularly change the menu and the way it is prepared so that the dish is not duplicated, avoiding a feeling of boredom for everyone. “For example, today, if you eat braised pork, tomorrow you will make deep-fried fish… Especially, your own dishes will never be cooked in a week.” she says. With a daily meal, she usually cooks 4 dishes and rarely repeats the main dish in a week She also especially loves to spend weekends in the kitchen. Because this is when she has more time to change dishes, spend more time on meals. At that time, she will cook dishes such as chicken noodle soup, bun cha… for the whole family to “change the wind”. Sometimes, she also cooks hot pot, makes other dishes at the request of her children. On birthdays of family members, she dresses up to show off her talents and makes many attractive dishes. The mother confided that she especially loved the feeling of being meticulously decorated for everyone. Particularly on weekends, I will spend more time in the kitchen Perhaps, thanks to her hard work, diligence, ingenuity, sophistication and attractive cooking, everyone likes the dishes she cooks. Her father-in-law always compliments “Today’s rice is delicious” while the children say “super mom”. She admits that the dishes she cooks are really simple and not picky in terms of spices, but through everyone’s judgment, you will understand how confident she is. On weekends or on special occasions, I will meticulously decorate and cook many attractive dishes For her, family meals are very important and meaningful. “The whole family only eats together for a dinner and a weekend, so those hours are the time for the whole family to gather, talk and bond with each other. I am currently the chief accountant of a company, the I’m also quite busy, but I always take time to go to the kitchen because I feel very happy when every dish I cook, my children eat it all and compliment it.” Ms. Kim Thoa happily said. Everyone must praise Kim Thoa’s cooking skills

Ha Tang’s braised meat pot. The two main ingredients of Chinese braised meat include: pork and eggs. Ha Tang uses bacon, cut into chunks. Meat is both lean and fat, and the skin is thick and greasy. Next, the actress marinated the meat with all kinds of spices such as shallot, pepper, garlic, fish sauce, sugar, seasoning… for at least an hour to absorb. Cooking standard Chinese braised meat is not using cashew color or colored water, but it is necessary to beat white sugar to create the color of cockroach wings. Then, you add a little filtered water and then add the marinated meat and stir-fry to hunt again. Coconut water is an important ingredient, making the dish more delicious. Therefore, in the West, people call this dish braised meat with coconut water. When the meat is hunted, the broth is boiling, add fresh coconut water, continue to cook on low heat until it dries up, then add more coconut water. Normally, a pot of braised meat includes 500 grams of meat, 4 duck eggs should use a fresh coconut. Siamese coconut will be sweeter, fatter. Store the meat for many hours, until the stock is reduced, the water penetrates the meat layer in the pot, then you add eggs, cook for about 20 – 30 minutes and you’re done. You can choose chicken eggs, quail eggs according to your preferences, or duck eggs with many yolks and fat like Ha Tang’s. According to the Star

A pot of fish sauce with enough spicy, sweet, fatty, salty flavors of fat, chili, dried shrimp, pepper, fish sauce, … in harmony with each other to create a delicious rustic folk, expressing the characteristics The unmistakable display of the West River. Initially, this dish was derived from the “roughly” eating habits of people in the West River region, especially the farmers. On long rainy days, because people cannot go to the fields, people use things in the house such as grease, dried shrimp, with spices such as fish sauce, salt, monosodium glutamate, … cooked into a mixture. viscous, then go out to the garden to quickly pick a handful of boiled vegetables to eat with white rice. Because the warehouse is very salty, you can cook it once and eat it for many days without fear. The warehouse is considered to be a poor family’s dish because of its salty taste due to being stored in fish sauce, so just a few braised chopsticks can “finish” the meal. This dish is easy to process and can be stored for many days. Therefore, during the rainy and stormy season, food is scarce. Any family that has a pot of food is not worried about hunger. Starting as a folk dish, there is currently no exact explanation for the name of the match. According to some people, perhaps because it is processed by the method of warehouse, when you eat with a chopstick and eat a little, the name comes from that. The ingredients of the dish are quite cheap and easy to prepare. People only need to store fish sauce in a clay pot until it becomes thick and thick. In some places, fish sauce is still simmered to evaporate, leaving only the white salt layer. The warehouse is quite easy to make, so anyone can learn, but to make delicious food, you need a clay pot, an unglazed black pot. After buying the pot, it must be soaked in salt water, then washed, boiled with water, so in the process of processing food will not get the smell of the soil, but also avoid cracking or absorbing the pot. country. Choosing boiled vegetables to eat with braised flakes is also very important, usually a plate of mixed vegetables includes: okra, water spinach, choysum, cabbage, bitter greens, broccoli, carrots, bok choy, cut gourd into pieces. , suffering, … If you have the opportunity to visit the South, especially the western provinces, do not miss the opportunity to enjoy the delicious dishes to learn more about the specialties of your homeland and love the rustic, simple and attractive dishes of the region. River.

1. Gac sticky rice 2. Crispy fried vegetarian spring rolls 3. Braised chicken with vegan stew 4. Lotus and lotus leaf salad with shrimp and pork meat 5. Sour soup with mushroom and straw mushroom Prepare materials 1. 1 ripe Gac fruit, 0.5kg of delicious glutinous rice, salt, sugar, white wine, cooking oil, coconut milk 2. Fresh vegetables, dried vegetables, dried foods, spices 3. Vegan chicken drumstick, egg Vegetarian chicken, spices … On the full moon day (the 15th of the lunar calendar), the family’s family usually prepares a vegetarian meal tray to worship the ancestors. Delicious vegetarian dishes, beautifully arranged as prayers for the early deceased to be saved to the bliss region. Besides, there is the devotion of descendants to their ancestors … Therefore, making delicious vegetarian rice is very important. If you have no idea what to cook, you can refer to the attractive menu below. first Sticky rice Gac Xoi Gac is a traditional dish often found in vegetarian rice dishes offering Full Moon worship. Women can refer to how to make sticky, red, and beautiful sticky rice dishes below. Resources: + 1 ripe Gac fruit + 500gr delicious sticky rice + Coconut milk + Cooking oil, salt, and sugar + White wine Making: – Step 1: Rinse the rice clean and soak it for 6-8 hours until the seeds bloom. – Step 2: Cut the Gac fruit in half, use a spoon to scrape the meat of Gac and then marinate it with 2 tablespoons of white wine and a little salt for at least 1 hour, which can be marinated overnight for 6-8 hours. Mix the sticky rice with Gac meat and 1 teaspoon of salt. In the process you add a little coconut milk to flavor. – Step 3: Put the rice in the steamed rice bowl to cook the sticky rice for about 25-30 minutes. When Gac sticky rice is tender, use chopsticks to stir well, add 1 teaspoon of cooking oil, 2-3 teaspoons of coconut milk mixed together and sticky rice for 5 minutes. – Step 4: Bac Giang sticky rice to the kitchen, when the sticky rice cools down, sprinkle sugar into the island evenly. Pour sticky rice into a plate or use a mold to create a beautiful shape. 2 Crispy vegetarian spring rolls Vegetarian spring rolls are also simple, easy to make and healthy dishes. Let me introduce to you how to make a vegetarian spring rolls that is crispy, evenly yellow, and has an attractive taste. Full Moon offering vegetarian rice tray with this dish will look very beautiful. Resources: + Fresh vegetables: carrots, onions, flower onions, coriander, bean sprouts + Tofu + Dried vegetables: wood ear, shiitake mushrooms + Dry food: rice vermicelli, rice paper rolls + Spices: cooking oil, sugar, pasta, pepper, lemon. Making: – Step 1: Vegetables: carrots, onions peeled, washed, drained and sliced, chopped. – Step 2: Shiitake mushrooms, wood ear fungus soaked in warm water to hatch and then cut the legs, washed to drain, chopped. – Step 3: Boiled vermicelli in boiling water and dipped in cold water, picked out, drained, chopped. – Step 4: Squeezed tofu mixed with carrot, bean curd, onion, shiitake mushroom, wood ear, chopped dong vermicelli. Seasoning with pepper, main noodles just right (note that spring rolls should not add salt because the rice cakes have a salty taste). – Step 5: Cut the square bread in half, spread the cake out to the tray, put the mixed filling in step 4 into the middle of a round 3cm – 4cm long package. – Step 6: Heat the oil pan on the stove, drop the spring rolls in a low heat. Gently stir your hands to make the hard shell turn yellow. – Step 7 : Put spring rolls on a plate, beautifully decorated with vegetables. 3 Vietnamese vegetarian chicken stock A simple Full Moon offering vegetarian rice tray will become more special when the vegetarian chicken dish appears. Resources: + Vegetarian chicken drumstick 300gr + Green beans without shell 30gr + Crispy jelly powder 1.5 tbsp + 1 chili fruit + Purple onion 20gr + Cashew oil 1 teaspoon + Fresh coconut water 200ml + 250ml filtered water (used as eggs) + Soya sauce 1 tbsp + Vegetarian fish sauce 4 tbsp + Vegetarian seasoning seeds 1/2 tablespoon + Sugar 4 tbsp Making: – Step 1: Wash green beans, soak for about 1 hour. Then steam it and blend well. Crushed chili + purple onion. – Step 2: Making vegetarian chicken eggs: Put all of the green beans into a bowl with 1 teaspoon of cashew oil, less sugar and vegetarian seasoning, and mix well. After that, ring a small member. Next, you cook 1.5 tablespoons crispy jelly and 250ml of water to make the egg whites. Fill the mold to shape the egg. – Step 3: Marinate the vegetarian chicken with chopped purple onion, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/2 tablespoon vegetarian seasoning seeds, mix well for about 15 minutes. – Step 4: Place the pan on the stove, pour in 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, then add 1 tablespoon of sugar to win. After the sugar turns yellow, empty all the marinated chicken into the pot and stir it steadily for 3 minutes. – Step 5: Take all the chicken stir-fry into a bowl, then stir 1 tablespoon soy sauce. Finally, you bring the egg (made) into the sauce, soak the seasoning for about 30 minutes. – Step 6: Place the pot on the stove, then add 4 tablespoons of vegetarian fish sauce and 200ml of fresh coconut water and simmer over low heat. When the mixture heats up, add the sugar and the fried chicken. After the broth is thick, you add all the eggs (which have been marinated), store a little more, and then turn off the heat. 4 Vegetarian shrimp, lotus and lotus leaf salad Vegetarian shrimp and shrimp lotus salad is a simple and easy dish to make, with just a little effort, you will have a delicious and delicious vegetarian dish for the full moon day. Resources: + Lotus bud 300gr + Carrot 100gr + Salad 100gr + Vegetarian shrimp 200gr + 1 teaspoon vegetarian seasoning seed + Garlic 5 cloves + Sugar 3 tbsp + Vegetarian fish sauce 3 tbsp + Cilantro 1gr + 3 chili fruit + Choking 5 left Making: – Step 1: The lotus stalk is about 5cm long, cut in half. Then soak the lotus root with vinegar and water for about 10 minutes. Boiled vegetarian shrimp for about 10 minutes, picked out and let dry. Carrots washed, peeled, sliced. Lettuce, coriander washed, drained and cut into pieces. Washed green onions, chopped. Peeled garlic, minced. Minced chili. – Step 2: Making salad dressing: North pan on the stove with a little cooking oil, add scallions and then fry. Next, add 1.5 tablespoons of vegetarian fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar and stir. When the sugar is completely dissolved, put the sauce in a cup mixed with 1 tablespoon of kumquat juice, 1 teaspoon of chili garlic. – Step 3: North the pan on the stove, pour out all the vegetarian shrimp. Then add 1 teaspoon of vegetarian seasoning seeds and use chopsticks to stir for 3 minutes for the shrimp to spice up. – Step 4: Put in the bowl most of the lettuce, coriander, carrots, lotus, fried vegetarian shrimp, mixed fish sauce. Use chopsticks to mix well to absorb spices. – Step 5: Mixing salad dressing: Mix 5 tablespoons of lemon juice, 4 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of vegetarian fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic and 1 tablespoon of minced chili together. – Step 6: Put the salad on a plate, sprinkle with peanuts. You can eat it with vegetarian shrimp crackers. 5 Mushroom and mushroom vegetarian soup Resources: + Mushroom: 20gr + Pineapple: 1/2 fruit + Okra: about 5 – 8 fruits + Along the mosquito net: 1 long tree + Bean sprouts: 50gr + Cilantro (Chinese cilantro): 4 plants + Tamarind + Cooking oil, vegetarian fish sauce + Spices: salt, sugar, seasoning seeds, monosodium glutamate + Chopped purple onion Making: – Step 1 : Preliminary processing of ingredients: Pineapple peel, remove the eyes, remove the raw and cut into thin slices. Mushrooms use a knife to cut off the hard legs and split in half, then soak in salt water for about 5-7 minutes. Stripping the outer shell along the mosquito net and cut into pieces about 5cm long. Okra washed, sliced ​​diagonally to taste. Clean bean sprouts. – Step 2 : Crushed tamarind with warm water, then cut off the seeds and keep the juice. – Step 3 : Cook mushroom soup: North on the stove with a pot of water (about 800ml of water), then pour in tamarind juice and cover the pot, cook until boiling. Then, fry the purple onion, minced garlic and pour the mushrooms on the island. Stir the mushrooms for about 2 minutes, then season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt + 1 teaspoon of sugar + 1/4 teaspoon of MSG and continue to stir until you feel the fragrance, then turn off the heat. – Step 4 : When the tamarind juice is boiling, pour the whole pan of stir-fried mushrooms into the pot. When the water is boiling again, put in turn along the mosquito net and okra. Tasting spices to taste. About 5 minutes later add bean sprouts and chopped cilantro, gently stir 2-3 more times, then turn off the heat.