Stir-fried shrimp with Sesbania flower is a rustic dish from simple ingredients, with fast processing time. Coming to Chau Doc, you will feel a rustic taste of this specialty dish.
By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | All Best Foods & Restaurants in Chau Doc
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Nowadays, there are more and more green and responsible tours which are meaningful and educational as well. This is why Can Tho noodle factory is getting popular for both Vietnamese and foreigners to come and explore the cuisine culture and the typical local life in Can Tho, Mekong Delta.
Find them: Chau Doc City
Best time: Dusk-Dawn
Don’t miss: Stir-fried shrimp with Sesbania flower
Local’s pick: Small restaurant in Chau Doc
Tourist’s pick: Cam Mountain, Chau Doc night market…
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Facts: It is called Stir-fried shrimp with Sesbania flower because the main ingredients that make up this delicious dish are river shrimp and Sesbania Flower.
We can see that Sesbania Flower contributed to the creation of this dish. So what is the nutritional value and health benefits of Sesbania seed?
According to Herbalist Dinh Cong Bay, Sesbania seeds have a high protein content (37%). In 100g of dried leaves, there are: 26.30g of protid, 4.2g of lipid, 39.2g of glucid, 14.6g of cellulose.
Health benefits of Sesbania
Herbalist Dinh Cong Bay added that, not only as food, the plant also has many uses in medicine such as:
- The leaves are cooked for drinking water, which can be considered as laxatives, worms shafts. In addition, the leaves also help reduce pain, antibiotic, and anti-inflammatory. Besides, after being washed, crushed with salt, put on the pimples will reduce swelling and help boils heal quickly.
- Creams or ointments made from the leaves are used to treat itching and rashes on the skin.
Nutritional value and health benefits of wild Sesbania
- Seeds are considered as stimulating substances, soothing pain, and astringent. Often used to treat diarrhea, reduce swelling of the spleen, and reduce excessive menstrual flow. Peanuts use 12 - 16g (dry) decoction daily, and can help regulate menstruation.
According to traditional Indian medicine (Ayurveda) recorded, the essential oil has a bactericidal effect and helps lower blood sugar.
- Dandelion root, after being washed, pounded, used to apply on wounds caused by scorpion bites, boils, pustules, abscesses.
The juice of the Sesbania is also used to treat skin rashes and itching.
The sweetness of the river shrimp, the mild acrid taste, the crunchy sweetness of the wild Sesbania flower blend together to create an unforgettable taste. This dish is served with white rice and dipped in fish sauce with a bit of vegetarian chili.
Ingredients: (2 people eat)
- Shrimp: 200 grams. Choose the ones that are still dancing
- Sesbania flower: 200 grams. These flowers must be fresh, buds to have sweetness and crunch.
- Spices: sugar, seasoning, fish sauce, cooking oil, pepper, garlic, red onion
- Lettuce, chili
Perform:
- Washed copper shrimp marinated with a little fish sauce, seasoning seeds.
- Sesbania flower remove the hard stalks, wash and dry
- Put the pan with a little cooking oil, saute the purple onion and minced garlic.
- Put the shrimp in the stir-fry, then stir-fry quickly with high heat. The sesbania flower has just arrived, reminding me to go to the kitchen. Note that it should not be left to ripen for too long or it will lose its crispness.
- For the dish, add a little cilantro for fragrant and beautiful color, sprinkle a little more pepper.
Here are our tips for easing your mind (and stomach) around food-handling environments that you may not be used to.
Make sure the food is freshly cooked. If you're eating hot street food, it's always safest (not to mention more delicious) to eat food you can see being cooked to order.
Look for lines and busy stalls. Busy street food stalls are an indicator of popularity, and their high turnover rate means the food is never sitting out for hours and developing dreaded bacteria. Yes, long lines can be discouraging when you’re hungry after a full day of exploring, but it’s not worth the risk of grabbing precooked food from the empty spot next door.
Eat when the locals are eating. The last and most important element here is when to eat. You’re likely already on a weird eating schedule while you’re traveling, but it’s important to try and adjust to the eating times of where you are. A bowl of pho might be lunch for Americans, but it’s breakfast for the Vietnamese. This ensures that you’re eating freshly cooked food and that you can find the best and most popular places to eat.
If you can’t drink the water, then you can’t eat the salad. Most people get so hung up on not drinking the water or skipping ice in drinks that they don’t think about all of the other ways in which water is used in food service. Fruits and vegetables tend to be washed with tap water in most places, rather than the filtered water that locals drink—or sometimes it’s not washed at all. If you’re really craving some produce, try fruits you can peel or cooked veggies.
Trust your gut. If you’re unsure about the food or the way that it’s being prepared, then keep moving. Eating street food all over the world doesn’t make you an expert. Every stall and every country are different, and sometimes the rules can be harder to follow. When something doesn’t look, smell, or feel right, don’t eat it! Trust your judgment. Chances are that there’s another spot close by that’s making something more delicious.
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Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!
“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.
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