In An Giang this season, you'll find freshwater shrimp everywhere, from the fields to the markets. Locals take advantage of this to prepare many delicious dishes for their families or to entertain visiting guests.
These tiny freshwater shrimp have soft shells and only require trimming the head slightly; there's no need to cut off the antennae or peel the shell. Some delicious dishes worth mentioning include stir-fried shrimp, shrimp salad with water spinach, stir-fried shrimp wrapped in lotus leaves, and shrimp-filled mini pancakes...
During the flood season, there are many freshwater shrimp.
Adding a shrimp and water hyacinth flower salad to a family meal creates a unique and flavorful dish, especially during the flood season in the Mekong Delta. Making this salad isn't difficult. Choose small, fresh shrimp that are still wriggling; the water hyacinth flowers must be fresh and just beginning to bloom for the perfect flavor. Depending on individual preferences, in addition to the main ingredients of shrimp and water hyacinth flowers, you can also add water lilies, purslane, etc.
Shrimp salad with water hyacinth flowers, a signature dish of the flood season.
Shrimp are washed, drained, and then boiled in fresh coconut water. Sesbania flowers are arranged on a plate along with thinly sliced onions, a squeeze of lemon juice or a little vinegar and salt, then gently mixed to allow the flavors to infuse. Finally, add the shrimp, season with fish sauce and sugar to taste. Serve the salad on a plate, sprinkle with roasted sesame seeds or peanuts on top, and enjoy.
Shrimp salad with Sesbania flowers is incomplete without a sweet and sour dipping sauce, and the refreshing, fragrant, and savory aftertaste of the accompanying ingredients.
Stir-fried shrimp wrapped in rice paper, a simple yet delicious dish.
The next delicious dish is stir-fried shrimp wrapped in rice paper, quick and easy to prepare yet equally appealing. Freshwater shrimp are quickly stir-fried over high heat with fragrant fried onions, seasoned, and while still hot, quickly scooped onto a rice paper sheet, combined with fresh vegetables, sour starfruit, unripe banana, cucumber... Roll the ingredients neatly, dip into a sweet and sour fish sauce with a hint of spiciness... creating a rich and unique dish.
These mini shrimp pancakes are rich, flavorful, and crispy.
To add variety to their dishes, people in the Mekong Delta have creatively incorporated freshwater shrimp into banh khot (miniature savory pancakes). The ingredients for this dish are a bit more elaborate, including rice flour, turmeric powder, wheat flour, coconut milk, mung beans, freshwater shrimp, and scallions.
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The finished cake has a turmeric yellow color, with the richness of the flour blended with coconut milk, and the sweet and savory taste of the filling. Whether enjoyed as a main meal or as an occasional snack, it will leave anyone who tastes it nodding in satisfaction.
Previously, freshwater shrimp had little economic value and only appeared on simple meals. But now, freshwater shrimp has "risen in status" to become a specialty dish on the menus of restaurants and eateries.
THUY TIEN
Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/mon-ngon-tu-tep-dong-mua-nuoc-noi-a468356.html
