Delicious ‘familiar but strange’ flower dishes of Vietnamese cuisine

Lotus flower

As the national flower of Vietnam, the lotus not only radiates fragrance in the living room but can also be used to prepare many delicious dishes in the kitchen.

Lotus petals are not only often used to marinate tea, but are also used as ingredients in some dishes such as deep fried breaded lotus petals or lotus patties. The way to make lotus leaf rolls is quite similar to the guise leaves, but we will use lotus petals to roll the rolls instead of using the usual guise leaves. This dish has a very strange smell when eaten.

Crispy fried lotus wings are delicious and easy to make.

In addition to flowers, lotus leaves are also used to make many dishes such as steamed sticky rice, steamed chicken and duck with lotus leaves, bringing attractive dishes in both flavor and taste.

On summer days, sipping a cup of fragrant lotus tea is really poetic.

banana flower

Banana flower is a wild food, usually purple or dark red, and is used as an ingredient in many dishes in Vietnamese family dishes such as stir-fry, mannequin, soup or raw. Banana has acrid and pale taste, so it is often combined with other ingredients to create delicious, exotic dishes, bringing rice and bold “country” character.

Banana flower salad not only appears on the daily rice tray but also on many banquet tables.

Among the delicious dishes made from banana flowers must be mentioned the mannequins, the simplest is the carrot banana flower salad, which is more sophisticated than the crunchy pig ear banana flower salad. Banana flowers can also be used to cook soups such as banana flower soup with snakeheads, banana flower soup with snails, tofu, pork belly. The simplest is just boiled banana flowers with laksa leaves and then dipping fish sauce is also a strange vegetable dish.

Butterfly pea flower

Recently, the use of butterfly pea flowers in the preparation of dishes has become popular because this flower has a very beautiful blue color, suitable for coloring dishes. Using butterfly pea flowers, we can produce delicious dishes with beautiful colors such as butterfly jelly jelly, butterfly pea rice, fresh noodles, butterfly pea cake. This flower can also be used to make tea, to help purify the body.

The butterfly pea rice dish has a very beautiful color.

Blue bean jelly cools down summer days.

Butterfly pea tea cleanses the body.

Pumpkin flowers

Pumpkin flowers are “country” vegetables, delicious and nutritious. This flower has a cool sweet taste and is popular in the summer. From pumpkin flowers, skillful housewives can make many cool, healthy and nutritious dishes for the family.

Cool sweet pumpkin flower soup, bring rice.

Simply, the easiest to cause crushing must be fried squash with garlic, or if you want to add more protein, it is pumpkin flowers stir-fried with beef or stuffed with steamed meat. If you want a little bit of crispy fat, then the fried pumpkin flowers with sweet and sour sauce will satisfy you immediately. In addition to fried and stir-fried dishes, pumpkin flowers are also used to cook soup with mushrooms or with crabs. The bowl of delicious, cool soup is guaranteed to make family meals more delicious.

Crispy fried pumpkin flowers, suitable for free weekends.

Celestial flower

Thien Ly flower is a fragrant flower, grows in clusters, contains many essential oils and is a fairly common flower in the North of Vietnam. As a climbing plant, the tree not only provides shade, but also flowers and young leaves for cooking. Flowers are very easy to prepare, often used as a vegetable to prepare dishes.

Stir-fried dishes from Thien Ly flowers are quick and delicious.

There are several types of soup from this flower alone, the easiest is Thien Ly soup, which is more sophisticated, then Thien Ly cooks minced meat or crab soup, Thien Ly clam soup… Hoa Thien Ly is also used to make dishes. Stir-fry like heavenly fried beef, stir-fried chicken gizzards or stir-fried shrimp. These dishes are all delicious.

Đăng bởi: Ngọc Trần