Ben Tre has long been known as the "green coconut capital" with friendly people. Moreover, food here is always attractive and one of dishes brings delicious flavor is rice noodle soup (banh canh). Don't forget to try it when you visit Ben Tre.
The name of this dish is "banh canh" because it is made completely by hand. Firstly, we have to choose rice that is not too flexible, soak rice into water and grind it to become flour. Next, we bring all the mixture to pour into cloth bag to squeeze out water, only take dry powder, knead smooth dough, mould the dough on glass bottle and cut into small pieces to put in the pot of boiling water. At this time, the water pot will be milky; we can add coconut milk to create fat and this is also unique feature of Ben Tre rice noodle soup (banh canh).
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| Ben Tre duck meat rice noodle soup (Banh canh). (Photo by Bao Tram) |
This dish can be cooked with many ingredients such as: pork, chicken, shrimp, clams, mussels, ... but popularity is duck rice noodle soup. We marinate duck's meat with spices, stir fry meat in the pot first; then pour water in, wait until boiling water and add rice powder. We should choose soft, low-fat duck's meat and eat this dish with scallions, pepper, ginger fish sauce.
Welcome tourists to Ben Tre to enjoy rice noodle soup (banh canh) and feel about the beauty of coconut land, the heart of people and abundant cuisine here./.
Author: Bao Tram
Translator: Tuong Vi
Source: https://dulich.bentre.gov.vn
