Family meal on winter day

When the winter winds blow through the roofs, the scent from the small fire becomes especially attractive. In the cold weather, a simple family meal filled with love is what warms the heart.

Meal with rustic dishes.

Rich braised fish

The center of the meal is a pot of golden braised fish. The fresh fish, marinated with traditional spices such as fish sauce, sugar, pepper, and minced shallots, is braised on a charcoal stove until the meat is tender and the flavor is absorbed. Just braise for about 45-60 minutes with enough water in a clay pot, the fish will be soft, fatty, and fragrant, the soul of a winter meal, making anyone feel warm.

Bean sauce - rustic flavor

Next to the braised fish, the soft and creamy bean dish helps balance the flavors. Boiled green beans, sauced with mashed tomatoes and fried shallots, seasoned with a little fish sauce, sugar, and pepper, create a rustic dish that goes surprisingly well with rice. Just stir-fry for 3-5 minutes over medium heat, the beans retain their softness and natural aroma, making the whole family want more rice.

Crab soup, pickled eggplant - a bundle of childhood

Indispensable on the winter meal tray is a bowl of rich crab and pickled eggplant soup. Freshly ground field crab mixed with mildly sour pickled eggplant, simmered for about 10-15 minutes. Then season with a little fish sauce, pepper to taste, add green onions and dill before removing from heat. You will have a bowl of golden soup, sweet crab flavor, sour pickled eggplant and a gentle aroma, warming the body from within.

Strange taste with wild vegetables

To make the meal more balanced and nutritious, stir-fried wild vegetables with garlic is indispensable. Vegetables such as wild spinach, fern or young bamboo shoots picked from the mountains, freshly prepared, stir-fried quickly over high heat with fragrant fried garlic and a little salt, retain the green color, crunchy taste and strong aroma of the mountains and forests. This wild vegetable dish is both refreshing, slightly bitter, and provides fiber and vitamins for the whole family.

Such a simple meal preserves the taste of the homeland and nurtures family affection through each winter, reminding everyone that happiness is sometimes just the simplest things, from the fire to the warm meal.

Hoang Anh

Source: https://baotuyenquang.com.vn/van-hoa/202512/mam-com-gia-dinh-ngay-dong-81e4851/