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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Anyone in Nghe An surely cannot forget the delicious taste of banana flower salad. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to make the authentic Nghe An banana flower salad right away!
Ingredients for Banana Flower Salad (banana blossom)- Serves 3
Banana flower 2 pieces (2.5 – 3kg) Salt a little Ginger 1 piece Lemongrass 4 stalks Fresh chili a little
How to choose delicious banana flowers
- First, choose banana flowers that are intact, not bruised, or missing the outer peel.
- Flowers with dark red skin, covered with a fine white powder are fresh banana flowers.
- When holding the banana flower, it should feel heavy, firm, and when gently squeezed, the skin should be hard and have a certain crispness, then you can choose to buy it.
- Avoid buying banana flowers with unusual colors, blackened skin, and when shredded, they have a brownish color, and the outer skin has lost its white powder layer.
- To make a delicious banana flower salad, you should choose to buy the royal banana flower. However, if you cannot find the royal banana flower, you can use other types of banana flowers as usual. And remember to choose good banana flowers, with soft and tender petals.
How to prepare Banana Flower Salad (banana blossom)-
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Prepare the ingredients (banana flower, lemongrass, chili)
For the banana flower, use a double-edged knife to slice the flower thinly in a circular shape from the top of the flower. Clean the lemongrass and galangal, then slice them thinly. Clean the chili and slice it thinly.
Tip to keep the banana flower from turning black:After cutting, immerse all the banana blossoms in a mixture of saltwater and diluted lemon juice for about 20 minutes, which helps keep the banana flower white and crispy while also removing the sap.
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Stuff the banana flower
After cutting the banana flower, place the sliced banana flower into a bowl, add a handful of coarse salt, and then use your hands to knead the banana flower evenly to clean off the sap and reduce the moisture in the banana flower.
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Mixing Lemongrass and Soaking Banana Flower
When the banana flower is soft and the sap is released, use your hands to squeeze out the clear sap from the banana flower. Place the banana flower into a new bowl, adding in the sliced lemongrass and ginger. Use your hands to knead thoroughly so that the ingredients mix evenly.
Transfer the banana flower mixture into a clean glass jar. Use your hands to compact the banana flower. Add sliced chili into the jar.
Next, dilute the mixture of saltwater. Then pour the diluted saltwater into the glass jar so that it completely covers the banana flower.
Pour water into a plastic bag and tie it up, then place the bag of water on top of the banana flower to ensure that it does not float to the surface.
Note: The banana flower floating on the water surface will come into contact with air, causing mold and spoilage of the banana flower. Besides using a water-filled bag to weigh down the flower, you can also use a split chopstick to press down diagonally on the banana flower.
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Final Product
After 3 – 5 days, the banana flower turns a pinkish-yellow color and is ready to eat. The banana flower salad has a sour and nutty taste, perfect when dipped in a bit of shrimp paste or fish sauce, making it very appetizing. This dish pairs well with stewed dishes or can be used to cook soup, which is incredibly delicious.
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Above is a guide on how to make banana flower salad from Nghe An, which is incredibly delicious, very simple, and easy to make, so anyone can do it. Wishing you success with this recipe!
