Beside the famous frost-dried rice paper or shrimp salt, Tay Ninh pomelo spring rolls also make many diners “pour their porridge”.
About Tay Ninh pomelo spring rolls
Perhaps we are all too familiar with delicious dishes such as smoothies, juices, tea, salads and salads … made from grapefruit citrus – which has great vitamin C content to help increase resistance. of the body, anti-oxidation, anti-stress, arthritis and asthma-related diseases … As well as using grapefruit peel to make aromatherapy, deodorize the refrigerator or beautify hair and skin …
But few people know that grapefruit peel can also make “delicious” dishes that attract customers, such as vegetarian pomelo rolls – a unique dish in Tay Ninh .
Grapefruit spring rolls have eye-catching appearance
Up to now, no one knows who invented this spring roll and when, only knows that, before in 1962 there was a family making vegetarian spring rolls, but for many reasons. So after 10 years of sticking, they stopped doing it. And the current spring rolls in the Tay Ninh area are over 20 years old. Through that, we can see that this Tay Ninh specialty has also had a quite high age.
How to make Tay Ninh pomelo rolls
To make a delicious Tay Ninh pomelo spring roll , first of all we have to prepare fully the necessary ingredients: rice hearing – the main ingredient of all spring rolls and pomelo peel – what makes “the soul “of this dish, along with that of star fruit, green papaya, zucchini, pepper seeds, dragon roll leaves, bunch of intestines, banana leaves and popular spices such as fish sauce, sugar, pasta, flour or seasoning …
Particularly, choosing grapefruit peel must also be very careful to get the best taste, accordingly, the peel will be taken from the large, green skin grapefruit and is turning ripe. After peeling the thin outer shell, grind the pulp very thin, then boil it and wash it in water several times until the bitterness is gone. Continue to squeeze out the water and bring it to the roasting stove until a certain twist is reached. This step is quite similar to preliminary processing of pomelo tea.
Thinly sliced grapefruit pulp (Photo FB VILLA)
With sour star fruit, we also take thin slices, remove the seeds and squeeze the juice, then mix well with grapefruit peel to absorb star fruit juice and taste spices to taste. You can also add shredded green papaya to the mix to make grapefruit rolls more crunchy and chewy.
When the ingredients are mixed together, puree it and stir-fry it on the stove in low heat and add rice to boil together until the mixture reaches a consistency and an ivory-yellow color. If you want to make the spring roll to a beautiful pink red color, you can add coloring products, beet juice, cashew color or brick shrimp together.
The results after stir-fried spring rolls
Finally, the process of wrapping spring rolls is not difficult, but if you want the finished dish to be attractive, it requires the package person to be very skillful. Because there are many types of Tay Ninh pomelo spring rolls and each has a different shape: ball rolls are wrapped in a long cylinder similar to banh tet, bare rolls are shaped by rectangular, round or circular shapes. shape of animals and fruits in the available form and wrapped in thin plastic.
Meanwhile, spring rolls will be rolled into small pieces with a fist, then wrapped with a leaf or a bunch of leaves and wrapped in a layer of banana leaf, then threaded with a banana wire or nylon rope into a banana. pcs or 20 pcs.
Spring rolls are strung (Photo FB Thanh Duy)
How to preserve and enjoy Tay Ninh pomelo spring rolls
Grapefruit spring rolls in Tay Ninh after wrapping should be stored in a cool place for about 4 to 5 hours to enjoy, but if you want the best and most delicious spring rolls, it must be left for 10 hours or more. If you want to preserve it longer, after 10 hours, keep it in the refrigerator cooler.
Nem looks quite similar to fermented pork roll
If Thanh Hoa sour spring rolls are served with chili sauce, Giao Thuy spring rolls dipped with garlic sauce, sweet and sour chili and lemongrass leaves, Tay Ninh grapefruit spring rolls become better when dipping with salt and pepper and served with herb or garlic. fresh chili. Many people even make variations to make the dish more strange, it is eaten with rolls or bread.
Nem eaten with laksa leaves and salt and pepper is very delicious
Can be eaten with vermicelli
The pink spring rolls have a moderately crunchy texture, both salty, sweet, a little sour from the grapefruit peel and spicy of chili and pepper … creating a special taste, spreading in all senses. and it cannot be mistaken. Especially when drinking with a few cool beer cans is a “bait” to know.
Address to buy delicious and prestigious grapefruit spring rolls Tay Ninh
This dish is often appeared in vegetarian banquets in a luxurious manner, as well as placed on the sacred family altar on the 1st and the full moon day of Tay Ninh people.
However, today, because this dish has been known by many people, in the market, the street-side snack shops or even the bus station have appeared “in abundance” for you to enjoy or buy. As gifts for relatives and friends, everyone will definitely love it.
Revealing, if you want to buy the best and most delicious vegetarian pomelo spring rolls in Tay Ninh , go to Sau Tran spring roll shop at No. 4, Hiep Nghia hamlet, Hiep Ninh commune, Tay Ninh town, because this is a spring roll making facility. System with a daily oven from 20 to 100 kg of spring rolls always there.
Buy it as a gift is all offline
If you are a lover of new things, want to try dishes with unique flavors, Tay Ninh pomelo rolls is definitely a good suggestion!
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