Delicious dishes from freshwater shrimp during flood season

Coming to An Giang this season, there are always freshwater shrimps from the fields to the market. People take advantage of the opportunity to prepare many attractive dishes for their families or to entertain guests.

The freshwater shrimp is tiny, with a soft shell. To prepare it, you only need to cut off a little of the head, no need to cut off the whiskers or peel the shell. Some delicious dishes worth mentioning are fried shrimp, shrimp salad with water mimosa, stir-fried shrimp wrapped in lotus leaves, shrimp pancakes...

There are lots of freshwater shrimp during the flood season.

A family meal with a shrimp and water mimosa flower salad adds a touch of color to a Western meal during the flood months. Making this salad is not difficult. Choose small, fresh, still-jumping shrimp; the water mimosa flower must be fresh, just opened, when mixed it will give off the right delicious flavor. Depending on each person's taste, in addition to the main ingredients of shrimp and water mimosa flower, you can mix it with water lily, water spinach...

Shrimp and water mimosa salad, a typical dish of the flood season.

The shrimp is washed, drained, then boiled in fresh coconut water. The water mimosa flowers are placed on a plate with thinly sliced onions, squeezed with a little lemon juice or a little vinegar and salt, then gently mixed to absorb. The final step is to add freshwater shrimp, season with fish sauce and sugar to taste. Place the salad on a plate, sprinkle some roasted sesame seeds or roasted peanuts on top and enjoy.

Shrimp and water mimosa flower salad cannot lack sweet and sour dipping sauce, the refreshing and fragrant aftertaste of the accompanying ingredients.

Stir-fried shrimp rolled in rice paper, a simple delicious dish.

The next delicious dish is stir-fried shrimp wrapped in rice paper, a quick and easy recipe that is equally appealing. The freshwater shrimp is quickly stir-fried over a fire with fragrant fried onions, seasoned with spices, and while still hot, quickly scooped onto rice paper, combined with raw vegetables, sour star fruit, green banana, cucumber... Roll the ingredients neatly, dip in sweet and sour fish sauce with a little bit of spice... creating a rich and unique dish.

Crispy and fatty shrimp pancake.

To enrich the dishes, Westerners also creatively put freshwater shrimp in banh khot. The ingredients for this dish are a bit more sophisticated, with rice flour, turmeric powder, wheat flour, coconut milk, green beans, freshwater shrimp, green onions...

The filling includes steamed beans and stir-fried shrimp; next, make coconut milk and sweet and sour fish sauce, and prepare raw vegetables, mainly green cabbage, cucumber, bean sprouts and herbs.

The cooked cake has a turmeric yellow color, with both the fat of the flour mixed with coconut milk and the sweetness of the filling. Enjoyed in the main meal or occasionally as a snack, it makes the person enjoying it nod in approval.

Previously, freshwater shrimp had low economic value and only appeared in simple meals. Now, freshwater shrimp has "upgraded" to become a specialty dish on the menu of restaurants and eateries.

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