Vietnamese cuisine is very diverse, each countryside, a region has its own specialties. Coming to Ca Mau, you will enjoy a plant that was once considered a weed but is considered a specialty by the people.
Tub tree. To talk about this delicious and attractive dish, a resident shared about how to make a pickle dish that makes listeners crave: “In my hometown, in a popular or luxurious meal, there is a pickle dish. The salt from the rice water is delicious to eat and catch the rice. The salt bath is naturally fermented and sour, dipping it with the braised fish is really filling the stomach.” This type of weed is referred to as the plant, locally known as candle grass, this dish is delicious when eaten fresh, but if it is salted and sour, it is delicious. In the past, in the fields where water was flooded all year round, it was contaminated with alum, along the edges of ponds, rivers and lakes, there were lush green grasses shaped like rice plants. Therefore, people also consider tubs as a typical weed of the western river region. After discovering salt tolerance and special economic value, tubs were widely planted in Ca Mau regions. Because Ca Mau tub has a sweet and cool taste, it can be used to process many delicious dishes such as stir-fry or hot pot. But the most popular and favorite is still naturally fermented salt. Salt with water to wash rice, boil with salt to cool, put the tub under the water for about 3 days, it can be used well. Salted with rice water, the tub will be white and very tasty.
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