1/a/Rinse rice with water. Cook them to a rolling boil and set them aside to cool down. b/Preheat a saucepan over a medium heat with thin layer of vegetable oil. Put all peanuts into this pan and roast them for 20 minutes or until golden brown and fragrant. c/Wash carambola with…
1/ Choose the right type of rice paper which is thin enough to make the wrappers. For the dried shrimps, you can season them beforehand to ramp up your flavor. 2/ Let\’s build a fire: -Rinse scallions with fresh water. Slice them into small pieces. Put it under a hot grill…
1/ Try to find a jar of “Mam ca sac” in your neighboring Asian grocery store. If you\\’re out of luck, you give it a go by substituing it with regular fish sauce or possible “Mam nem” but I\\’d say, it won\\’t be the same at all, not to mention that they would…
1/ How to make the filling: -Soak mung beans overnight or at leat 1 hour in lukewarm water. Transfer them out and grind into pieces. Preheat a saucepan, add a mixture of coarsely mashed mung beans and 90g of sugar. Cook them over a low heat for 15 minutes. When they form a…
1/ Rinse your pork meats well with water and drain them off. Bring a pot to a boil, add into that pot 1tsp. of seasoning stock and cook pork meats through. Remove them from the heat and put into a bowl of cold water. Slice them into thin pieces. If you…
1/ Sometimes it\’s really hard to translate from one language into another one without losing a fair amount of its significance. “Cốm” is a good example. It\’s pronounced with an upward interrogative term and different from “cơm”. “Cốm” can come from different parts of Vietnam but the most prized originates from Vong…
1/ Prepare a bowl to soak the flour in lukewarm water for 4 hours to make a fine and smooth batter. When the liquid becomes more transparent and the flour settles down to the bottom. Decant excess water on the surface and add more water to replace them. Continue to do…
1/ Prepare minced garlics and onions. 2/ Slice dried fillet of salted fish into 3cmx3cm pieces. Soak them in lukewarm water for 1h at least to make them softer, less salty and remove any dirt. Transfer fillets into a small bowl and shred them into thin and small threads. The thinner you…
1/ Rinse pork ribs with water. Bring a pot to a boil, put pork ribs into the pot and simmer them for about an hour. Remember to skim off foams floating on the surface of your broth to make the liquid more transparent. 2/ Soak ear fungus and shiitake mushrooms in separate small…
1/ Rinse pork bones with fresh water. Soak them in lukewarm water for 5 minutes at the longest. Transfer them all into a pot, add dried shrimps, sliced white raddish and fresh water to fully cover all the bones inside. Remember to skim off foams floating on the surface of your liquid.…
1/ Rinse bitter melons under fresh water. Split them into halves, remove the seeds inside and cut them into thin slices. If you prefer bitter melons to be less bitter, you can soak them in icy water for half an hour at least. This small trick would do a great job in…
1/ How to make the base of salad blending: Add 2 teaspoons of kumquat extracts + 1/2 teaspoons of salt + 3/2 teaspoon of seasoning stock 2/ Rinse lean meat over lukewarm water. Preheat a pot to put meat inside and cook them over a medium heat. Wait until they are fully cooked. Ladle…
1/ Choose the squid type of dazzingly shining skin with white part. This step plays an essential part in delivering the best delicacy ever. For preliminary treatment of squids: Carefully remove the ink-bag and gut out its internal organs. Rinse them with fresh water and drain off completely. Slice its body…
1/ Peel off cassava completely. Slit a small ditch alongside of it then using your knife’s tip to split its skin. Rinse them over fresh water. Soak in cold water for an hour at the longest. This small trick would remove its sap and whiten its appearance. 2/ Use a grinder or grinding…
1/ Add all ingredients including rice flour, tapioca starch and baking soda in a bowl. Stir them well to make a smooth texture. Add sugar and salt into this mixture. 2/ Dissolve coconut milk in 100ml of lukewarm water. Pour the liquid into your prepared mixture above. Do it gently to avoid…
1/ Spread salt all over chicken’s skin to remove any disturbing flavor. Rinse and clean it under fresh water while stuffing spring onions and gingers into its cavity after gutting out the inside. This small trick would ramp up its taste to the fullest. 2/ Transfer your chicken into a pot filled…
1/ Grind your tiger prawns into fine paste. Mix them well with pork paste until you have a smooth mixture. 2/ Season your prepared paste with a pinch of salt, pepper, sugar, chicken stock, spring onions. Remember to use white parts of onions only. Dip them into fish sauce. 3/ Set your paste…
1/ How to make char siu. 2/ How to make noodles: +Use dried Cao Lau noodles (if available): Wash with fresh water to remove any dirt before soaking them in lukewarm water. When noodles become softer, steam them in a cooker to be done to a turn. +Or use Udon or soba…
1/ Add rice flour, vegetable oil, salt and a cup of water into a bowl to dissolve them completely. Then microwave for 2-3 minutes until the mixture is half-cooked. Put tapioca starch to the mixture. Transfer them into a ricer. Press it gently and continuosly to make noodles release into a…
1/ Soak mung beans and glutinous rice. Blend and mix them well. Drain off the mixture for a short while. Add sugar into coconut milk. Stir them well under low heat for 5 minutes. 2/ Put sticky rice and mung beans into a cooker, then pour coconut milk into that mixture. Fill…
1/ Fry the dried shallot in boiling fat until they turn into golden color. Transfer them to a bowl then set aside. Rub roasted peanuts together with hands and blow the skin away, then pound them. Wash fresh herbs and cilantro in slightly saline water and drain them off. Place separately…
