Nipples snail – a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine

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You are a “crazy fan” of attractive snails, you are tired of steamed coconut snails, garlic snails or snails grilled with chili salt … So what are you waiting for without coming to Con Dao to enjoy special Nipples snail are delicious here.

Some features of Nipples snail

Nipples snail is one of the famous specialties of many famous coastal areas of our country. They live on rocky rapids in some places such as Con Dao sea, Cu Lao Cham sea area (Quang Nam), Dai Lanh area at the foot of Co Ma pass in Khanh Hoa … However, according to researchers on biodiversity Con Dao sea is especially suitable for the development of this snail. Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine@a_sheng.pt2910

Nipples snail is a rare, spire-shaped marine seafood that often lives in remote islands, near the sea with steep cliffs. The top part has a small colored knob, a gray-black outer shell encircling the inner shell of the snail.Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine@cuongdang99

The size of Nipples snail is normally only about 3 fingers, but Con Dao’s nipples seem a little bit more “small” than other sea areas, the largest one here is also close to the hand. The larger they were, the darker the shell was, the darker the pink color was compared to the smaller Nipples snail. If the shell was rubbed with sand, the snail glowed with a bright pink color and a very beautiful shimmer. Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine@zenpham

From the texture, size, color, snails all evoke the shape of a pair of mounds and a girl full of vitality. So people affectionately call them by their sensuous names: Nipples snail . With the smaller ones, it is said happily, it’s a snail… your breast!

How to catch Nipples snail

Nipples snail in Con Dao – Vung Tau are available all year round and people catch them most on the full moon. Nipples snail live firmly on the wall of coastal rocks, they open their shells for seawater to flow in and carry microorganisms as food for them. Therefore, the snail catcher has to soak in the water, sometimes have to use a lamp to penetrate the rocks, deep rock holes in the cave to “catch” the snails. Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine@ hienphuongvp89

If you want to catch the snails, you cannot use your hands, but you have to take a hard knife and a sharp point to separate their mouth from the place on the rock. Snail catching tools are just that, but if you are not good, you can also break the snail.

Processing Nipples snail

In the past, dishes made from her snails were only enjoyed by kings. Later, it became a daily dish of the seafarers. They are very delicious when boiled, grilled or mixed, making a salad. 

Her snail dish boiled 

This is considered the most popular item because it is easy to make. With this dish, after being washed, snails put them in a pot with little or no water and then put on the stove to boil. According to gourmets, boiling Nipples snail does not need any water because they have quite a lot of water themselves. While boiling, sometimes you have to open the pot, use the chopsticks to cook the meat well, then take out to cool. After boiling, use a small knife to gently pry the snail meat out of the shell, wash the snail and water it once more. Snail meat from ivory white to yellow is edible.Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine@thanhtinhhuynh

This dish just needs to be dipped with salt, pepper and lemon, crunchy, sweet. The unique thing about the boiled snail dish is not too fat like meat, not too chewy like oysters, clams, not as small as oysters. If you enjoy the new breast milk, she will feel the aroma, not mixed with any specialties. Snail juice is also attractive because it is both salty and sweet.Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine@ kb.duy

Nipples snail steamed

When steamed, we will feel the strongest snail flavor. After cleaning the snail, people put it in the pot with a little bit of soft discharge and lucky water, add a little seasoning and steam it up without contact with water. The steamed snail will release water on its own, until it is soft ripe that it can be eaten. Eating steamed breast snail, you will feel the deliciousness of the meat, the fatness of the meat. Do not put lemon salt like a boiled snail, eat steamed snail, it is dotted with characteristic sweet and sour fish sauce.Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine@ntvvirus

Nipples snail salad

Dish salad stains c her breasts with flavor of snail meat sliced mixed with pig skin, bacon chopped, cucumber, cilantro, basil and chopped, ground roasted stamping small, fresh lemon, chilli and fish sauce. This snail salad dish eaten with grilled rice cakes, dotted with ginger fish sauce definitely makes people enjoy unforgettable. It must be said that the dishes made from her snail are delicious thanks to the famous flavor of the fish sauce in Con Dao .Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisineInternet photo collection

Grilled nipples from Con Dao 

The cleaning snail piled on the embers, waited for the fire to lick the shell, just a moment the small snail’s water sizzled, the snail’s flesh began to hunt, the aroma stormed straight into the nose. Grilling “her breasts” must be a fire broth so that the meat is just cooked until delicious. If you put it too much or just a little hastily, the snail meat will be tight or tough, will not separate from the shell. Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine@zoizz

She finished baking , smashed the shell into the rock so that the flesh of the snail loosened, and the eaters gently removed it, and dipped it with salt and pepper. The crispy sweet, fragrant, and delicious snail meat is not inferior to expensive exotic snails. Just a little more wine is a small drinking party at the leaf hut along the coast of Con Dao , has flourished like enjoying high seafood in luxury places already. Eating her snail grilled with onion fat is really delicious, when you feel the fat, sweet fragrance from the snail meat.Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisine@ca_ndybobo

Nipples snail stir-fried

In addition to baking, steaming, making salad, her snails can also be fried with garlic and butter. With this dish, the aromatic garlic aroma sticks to the snail meat, the fresh and sweet taste from the snail together with the aromatic garlic flavor, the fat leopard flavor of the oil makes you just eat once to crush this specialty Con Dao .Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisineInternet photo collection

For her snail sautéed butter , butter is stir-fried with the snail, adding a little chili, sugar, and wafers on a hot pan. The sweetness of the snail together with the spices creates a fatty, spicy, sweet, and savory grilled thing with extremely attractive bread.Her snail - a dish that makes up the uniqueness of Con Dao cuisineInternet photo collection

Coming to Con Dao, you must definitely enjoy the dishes from Nipples snail to feel the rare interesting from the “delicious taste” of the sea!

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