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Braised snakehead sauce with coconut – Ben Tre | Famous specialty of Ben Tre Province

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The special gift of nature is the coconut trees. Therefore, the dishes in Ben Tre have the characteristics of the taste of their homeland. If you have the opportunity to come to Ben Tre, please enjoy the dish  “Snake sauce with coconut” .

To make coconut fish sauce, you need ingredients such as: snakehead fish sauce, grated coconut with spices and raw vegetables. But if you want to have a delicious and attractive bowl of fish sauce, you need to be delicate in the selection of snakehead fish sauce. Before distilling the fish sauce into the bowl, season with spices such as pepper, onion, garlic, chili, ginger, seasoning powder, and then add coconut milk. Then put it in a water bath or put it in a pot of freshly cooked rice to cook, when the rice is cooked, the fish sauce will also be cooked.

To enhance the flavor of this dish, it is indispensable to have accompanying vegetables such as bananas, sour star fruit, raw vegetables or tops of sweet potatoes, boiled water spinach….  Steamed coconut sauce  with hot white rice is a combination. perfect fit.

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