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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Dry catfish salad with bitter leaves is a characteristic salad of the people in the Mekong Delta. The combination of the distinctive bitterness of bitter leaves, the saltiness of dry catfish, along with various ingredients gives the dish a unique and unforgettable flavor. Let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to explore how to make this salad!
Ingredients for Dry Catfish Salad with Bitter Leaves Serves 2
Dry catfish 1 fish (large) Pork belly 200 gr Young bitter leaves 50 gr Cucumber 1 piece Pineapple 1/4 piece (pineapple) Green mango 1 piece Ripe tamarind 100 gr Fresh chili 2 pieces Garlic 3 cloves Cilantro 100 gr Vietnamese balm 100 gr Cooking oil 100 ml Common spices a little (sugar/salt/seasoning powder/ground pepper) Sugar 4 teaspoons Fish sauce 3 teaspoons
How to choose fresh and delicious ingredients
How to choose fresh pineapple
- Good ripe pineapples usually have an eye-catching yellow color, sometimes mixed with green in some spots.
- Avoid buying pineapples that are unevenly colored. If the pineapple has a lot of green, it means it is not fully ripe, while a yellow pineapple mixed with dark brown indicates it has overripe and is about to spoil.
- It is advisable to choose pineapples that are slightly round and short because these will have more flesh compared to long-shaped ones.
- Prioritize choosing pineapples with a sweet aroma, not too strong, indicating they are just right for eating. Pineapples with a very strong smell are overripe, spoil quickly, and are prone to natural fermentation.
How to choose fresh pork belly
- You should choose fresh pork pieces that have a bright color, the desired meat color will be light pink or light red, with the fat being translucent white with a slightly creamy hue.
- Good meat will have a characteristic aroma when sniffed, this smell is not unpleasant and does not have a strong fishy odor.
- Press your hand into the piece of meat; if the meat is elastic and returns to its original shape after you pull your hand away, with no indentations on the surface, it is fresh and good quality.
Tools needed
Pan, fork, knife, chopsticks, cutting board,…
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How to make Dried Fish Salad with Sầu Đâu
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Prepare the ingredients
Soak the dried fish in diluted saltwater for a few minutes, then take it out and let it drain. Next, place the dried fish in a pan with 90ml of oil and fry until golden, then remove the bones and shred the fish into small pieces.
Sầu đâu leaves should be picked and briefly blanched in hot water mixed with a little salt. After that, soak the leaves in ice water to reduce the bitterness and keep them fresh.
Pork belly should be cleaned, boiled until cooked, and then sliced thinly.
For the vegetables, wash the cucumber and pineapple, then slice them thinly; the green mango should be washed and shredded.
Next, wash the chili, coriander, and cilantro, peel the garlic, and chop the ingredients finely.
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Make the salad dressing
Add 100g of ripe tamarind into half a bowl of warm water to dissolve. Then add 4 teaspoons of sugar, 3 teaspoons of fish sauce, 10ml of cooking oil, 2 cloves of garlic, and 2 chopped fresh chilies, and stir well.
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Mix the salad and enjoy
Add the snakehead fish, bitter leaf, cucumber, pineapple, mango, and pre-processed pork belly along with the salad dressing into a large bowl and mix well.
Then, serve the salad on a plate, adding Vietnamese coriander and sawtooth coriander on top. When enjoying the salad, you can pair it with rice paper or white rice.
What is Sầu đâu? Its benefits for health?
- Sầu đâu is a woody plant, 10 to 15 meters tall, with green leaves that grow alternately, white flowers, and a fragrant smell. The Sầu đâu tree is currently grown widely in the southwestern provinces such as Kiên Giang, An Giang,…
- Sầu đâu has been scientifically proven to have the ability to prevent and treat diseases very effectively, especially the leaves of the Sầu đâu. Sầu đâu leaves are very effective in controlling blood sugar, treating diabetes, heart diseases, leprosy, dental diseases as well as liver problems.
- Moreover, Sầu đâu leaves are also very effective in treating skin issues such as acne, pigmentation, or skin aging.
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Some information about the Sầu đâu salad
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The Sầu đâu salad is said to have originated from Cambodia, introduced to Vietnam by Khmer families living in Vietnam.
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People often eat Sầu đâu salad from around November to March of the lunar calendar because during this time, the Sầu đâu tree flowers and produces new leaves.
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When making Sầu đâu salad, you can use dried snakehead fish, dried catfish, or dried squid instead of dried fish. And instead of frying until golden, you can also grill it.
Above is the recipe for the delicious and very simple gỏi sầu đâu khô cá sặc that TasteVN shares with you. Wishing you success in making it!
