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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
With its deliciously sour and sweet flavor, mixed salad dishes always bring moments of emotions that are hard to express in words. If you still don’t believe what TasteVN just said, let’s get in the kitchen and make this super attractive banana flower salad that everyone loves!
Ingredients for Banana Flower Salad Serves 3
Banana flower 300 gr (1 flower) Vietnamese balm 50 gr Lime 1 fruit Kumquat 8 fruits Chopped chili 1 teaspoon Fish sauce 1.5 tablespoons Sugar 3 tablespoons
How to choose fresh and tasty banana flower
- Fresh banana flower has an outer skin that is milky white mixed with a little light pink, looking fresh.
- Moreover, when held, it feels firm and heavy, while inside it feels hollow and spongy.
- In addition, avoid buying banana flowers that are too bruised and have unusual tiny spots on the surface.
How to prepare Banana Flower Salad
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Prepare the banana flower
First, peel off the outer old leaves of the banana flower you bought, keeping only the tender part inside. Then, use a knife to strip off the skin further.
Next, slice it into thin pieces and place them into a bowl of clean water with the juice of 1 lime to keep the banana flower white for about 5 – 10 minutes, then remove and drain.
Tip: To prevent the banana flower from browning, you should soak it in diluted lime water!
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Make the salad dressing
Take a bowl and add 3 tablespoons of sugar, the juice of 8 calamondin limes, 1.5 tablespoons of fish sauce, and 1 teaspoon of minced chili, then mix everything together evenly.
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Mix the salad
After preparing all the ingredients, take a bowl and add 300gr of banana flower along with a bowl of dressing, using chopsticks to stir well so that the salad is evenly coated with seasoning.
Finally, add 50gr of washed Vietnamese coriander cut into pieces, mix it all up again and taste to adjust the seasoning, then serve on a plate and you’re done!
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Final product
Banana Flower Salad is a dish that not only meets the criteria of deliciousness but is also very easy to make right in your kitchen!
The strands of banana flower are pure white without any browning, and they have a sweet and sour taste that is very stimulating. The salad has a slight spiciness at the tip of your tongue that makes everyone even more enchanted by its delicious flavor that is hard to resist.
So, the above article has just provided an article about how to make banana flower salad delicious, attractive, and unique to make dinner much more appealing. Don’t hesitate to show off your skills to surprise the members!
