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The discarded part of the pineapple tree is unexpectedly a famous specialty dish, strangely popular, 70,000 VND/kg

Pineapple and pineapple are familiar and rustic cooling fruits. In Vietnam, this fruit is grown everywhere, the price is cheap in markets or supermarkets. But there is a part of pineapple that many people think is thrown away, but it is actually edible and is a famous specialty in Hau Giang. It’s pineapple tofu.

If you have the opportunity to pass through Vi Thanh area, along the banks of the Cai Lon river, visitors will admire the vast fields of pineapples (pineapple). People grow pineapple for fruit, no one grows pineapple only for tubers, so pineapple tofu is very scarce, Hau Giang people can only enjoy it a few times a year in the pineapple breaking season. The clumps planted in 8 months bear fruit, harvested once every 4 months. About 24-30 months, the pineapple is aging, the people here have to tear it down and plant a new one.

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Tofu with pineapple is a famous specialty of Hau Giang

Accordingly, the young branches from the old pineapple root will be cut off the body, peeled, the yellow white part inside is the tofu. Only the “puberty” pineapple tubers are delicious, the old, tough and bitter buds are thrown away. To get pineapple tubers, people have to uproot the whole plant that is still lush to get the core. In the past, people considered it a precious dish that was only used to treat guests to their home.

Pineapple tubers are washed and soaked in salt water, then boiled before processing. It sounds simple, but each step must be done properly, under-boiled or over-heated, the pineapple tofu will be bitter.

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The young branches from the old pineapple root will be cut off the body, peeled, the yellow white part inside is the tofu.

Hau Giang people make dozens of delicious dishes from pineapple tubers such as fried pancakes, salad, bamboo shoots, stir-fried, boiled to make pickles… is the most popular because the method is very simple, fast, does not require high skills, it is important to perform all the necessary steps to have a delicious and strange dish.

Ms. Tran Thi Kim Hai, from Thanh Thang hamlet, Hoa Tien commune, Vi Thanh city) recounted that in the past, when people working in the fields saw pineapples thrown by the roadside, they used to flap the outer shell with their hands, and saw that there was a tofu in it. young and fragrant, people bring it home to try. First, just stir-fry, eat well, then make many dishes of pineapple tofu pickles, pineapple tofu stewed with pig’s feet, fried pineapple tofu with shrimps, banh xeo with pineapple tofu and pineapple tofu salad.

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Pineapple tubers are sold a lot on the online market for about 70,000 VND/kg

In recent years, pineapple tubers are also sold on online markets and e-commerce platforms for 70,000 VND/kg. Accordingly, pineapple tubers are cleaned, stored in ziplock bags for cold storage and sold on the market. Because of its novelty and delicious taste, this Western specialty quickly conquered the sisters and became a best-selling item.

For the first time enjoying fried beef with young tofu when returning to the hometown of her colleague in Hau Giang to play, Ms. Hoa Linh (in Ho Chi Minh City) was forever impressed by the crisp, sweet and gentle taste of this rustic dish. After that, she returned to the city to find a place to sell young tofu to cook for her family to enjoy.

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“I searched and found that there are a few sellers of young tofu on the online market, it is packed in bags and sold for 35,000 VND and half a pound. This bag can be fried, cooked for a meal of 4-5 people, very good. Delicious and attractive. Besides, I also learned the recipe for pickled and sourdough young tofu, which can be eaten in the refrigerator for a few weeks”, Ms. Linh shared.

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