Sour specialties are as cheap as the ones in the Northwest, taking a plane to the South costs a few dozen times more

In recent days, many netizens across the country have been sharing videos and photos of rural dishes originating from the Northwest region. It was a dish of diagonally dotted green cabbage rolls.

It is known that green cabbage rolls with dipped cabbage are a folk dish of ethnic Thais living in Dien Bien, Son La,… In February and March of the solar calendar, the right season of green grasshoppers blooms. fruit and process it into a cool and refreshing dish. Therefore, this dish of green pods also often appears at Tet events and gradually becomes a special food that “attracts” guests from near and far.

Not a “mountain flavor”, the Northwest’s rustic dish of green cabbage rolls with slanted cabbage still attracts diners from all over the world (Photo: @allabt.candice)

Phuong Mai (in Dien Bien City, Dien Bien province) – a small trader who sells green rhubarb for many years sharing, not only people in the province but also tourists from all over the world love this fruit. Pickled greens are often used, served with cabbage, scallions, herbs and a signature dipping sauce.

“Initially, I only shipped and sold in provinces and cities, but over the past few years, customers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have bought a lot, so I send vegetables everywhere. At the beginning of the season, there are few of them, so the price of green grasshoppers is high, around 100,000 VND/kg. In season, the price is cheaper, only 40,000-50,000 VND/kg,” said Mai.

Experienced people say that green beans should choose plain cakes, the size and maturity is sufficient to eat without being too sour or spicy (Photo: Nguyen Khanh Hoa)

This small trader also says that the green beans are sold separately or in the sets that are available, full of vegetables, herbs and sauces. Depending on the location, the green grasshoppers are transported by plane or passenger car to ensure quality and maintain their natural freshness.

According to Mbak Mai, if you want the green one to be delicious, the food is not too sour or spicy, you have to choose a cake that is small as big as the tip of your thumb and quite young. Before eating, it is necessary to rub a layer of white chalk on the outside of the fruit, then wash it and cut it in half.

This dish is made from rustic ingredients but is still loved by diners near and far, eagerly seeking it (Photo: Thu Uyen)

With cabbage rolls, the diagonal is considered the most important. This sauce is made of ginger, garlic, chili, herbs, mac khen and doi seeds. Puree all ingredients, mix with salt or fish sauce, until it forms a thick mixture to help the dish taste better and more delicious.

When eating, people place the pieces of basil, spices, diagonally on top of the cabbage, roll it up and then rub it in a special sauce. Depending on the location, the sections are made from different materials to suit individual tastes and preferences.

Guests who enjoy the polka dot patterned green cabbage rolls for the first time often feel “grinning”, finding it difficult to eat because of the strange taste. But those who eat it and get used to it will find it delicious and interesting. This dish is considered to have a moderately sweet and sour taste, harmonizing the cool flavors of the spices and cabbage with the mild nutty flavor of the green cloves, combined with a hint of pungent ginger and garlic flavours.

The cool taste of leafy greens in the dish helps diners “dispel heat and relieve boredom” effectively (Photo: Thu Uyen)

Cabbage rolls with dipping sauce are carefully packaged to serve to diners while ensuring quality and fresh taste (Photo: Tony Food)

Ms. Ha Minh (living in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) shared, 2 years ago, when his friends first invited him to try it, he fell in love with the strange taste of this Northwest dish. After the last Tet holiday, knowing that the green leaf season was coming, he asked an acquaintance to pre-order 2 kg to be sent to the South, making this dish himself to treat the whole family to “get rid of boredom”.

“In the past, I used to eat cooked pork belly, but when I heard about the green roll with cabbage dipped in diagonal dots, my family and I loved it. In the South, this fruit is not popular, so it is difficult to buy, I had to ask an acquaintance in Son La to send it to me. The shipping cost was several times the purchase price, but since I love to eat, I invested anyway.

Not to mention the pre-processing of the green beans is also quite good, it takes a lot of time to remove the white lime, but the taste of the dish has compensated well. Sometimes I also pickle green chilies with salt and pepper or turn them into several different dishes to enjoy,” said Ms. Minh.

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