Smooth and attractive like the Cambodian pumpkin soup in Saigon

Saigon has many kinds of tea dishes, from familiar traditional folk dishes cooked from beans to new tea dishes imported from other countries. One of those strange teas is pumpkin soup, which originates from Cambodia.

Pumpkin soup in Cambodian called Num-pà-poi is scored by its eye-catching appearance, and the soft and smooth flan cake is well inside the pumpkin.

Pumpkin soup is a dish originating from Cambodia. – Photo: tubao.nguyen

Pumpkin “flan” is a bit sweet when tasting, bringing up the aroma of milk and eggs. The pumpkin skin is flexible, delicious to eat without being bored. One bite and it melts in your mouth. The flavors seem to blend together to create a unique, delicious and attractive Chung tea.

Boiled pumpkin has a sweet taste, bringing up the aroma of milk and eggs mixed together.

Pumpkin soup is usually not eaten on its own but is eaten with egg noodles, jaggery, with other types of jelly, durian, cake and indispensable, greasy coconut milk on top.

Where to eat delicious Cambodian pumpkin tea?

In Saigon, there are countless stalls serving this strangely delicious tea. But the best is to eat at Co Huoi tea shop at Ho Thi Ky market (District 10) which is more than 40 years old. As a native of Cambodia, Ms. Huoi specializes in teas from the country of pagodas and towers. Hidden behind the flow of time, Co Huoi’s tea has welcomed many people who came to eat with more than dozens of different types of tea, especially this Cambodian pumpkin soup that has “fascinated” many Saigon people.

Ms. Huoi’s tea is only about 15,000 VND / cup, but it has a lot of side dishes. Here are the pumpkins, durians, peanuts, cakes, egg yolks like golden noodles,… What are you waiting for, don’t hurry up and enjoy a cup of delicious, nutritious tea right away!

Cambodian casseroles are colorful, but pumpkin soup is always outstanding. – Photo: leminhhien___

A few tips for people to make homemade pumpkin

If you want to have a sweet and bold taste, you should choose to buy zucchini, not too old. Pumpkin you wash and then cut out the intestines inside. Then add the mixture of powdered milk, condensed milk, coconut milk, and egg yolks and beat well and then steamed. Steaming tea is very important, if you don’t have enough time, the pumpkin skin will not be soft, if you steam it too long, the inside will be mushy. The best time to steam is about 45 – 60 minutes.

The stage of selecting pumpkins is extremely important to produce delicious tea to diners. A trick to soup so that the tea is just ripe is that you should use chopsticks or a toothpick to tattoo the inside. If you see that the mixture is not watery, it can be combined to turn off the stove and put it in the refrigerator.

Đăng bởi: Nguyễn Nghĩa