Craving Hanoi pickled apricot soup

Every time I go to Hanoi , I visit my uncle's house in Ba Dinh District. Usually, my uncle's family will treat me to special dishes at their usual restaurant. But actually, I still prefer to eat at my uncle's house. Because my uncle and his sisters are very good at cooking.

My favorite meal is a meal with boiled water spinach or sweet potato leaves and crushed star fruit. The aroma and cool sour taste are very special, different from the strong sour taste of lemon. Drinking boiled vegetable water with crushed star fruit is really delicious.

Northern star fruit is seasonal. My uncle's family buys a lot of star fruit when it's in season. You can peel the skin and soak it in sugar water to make a hot drink, or you can put it in a plastic bag and store it in the freezer for later use. I love visiting my uncle's house and enjoying vegetable juice with star fruit salad.

When I returned to the South, my uncle's family sometimes sent me a bag of star fruit as a gift. The market occasionally sold that northern fruit. My family also kept star fruit in the freezer for later use. My younger brother especially liked to drink pickled star fruit juice. It was very refreshing, often with a little ginger added to warm the stomach.

I also love the Hanoi apricot jam on Hang Than street. Every time I visit the capital, I still take the opportunity to stop by that apricot jam street to buy some as gifts. Not only do I love apricot jam, but my colleagues also love it. When they saw me saying I was going to Hanoi, they all told me to bring along some apricot jam as a gift for my sister. Oh, my sisters are really fans of apricot jam like me.

This afternoon, when I had lunch, I saw a plate of fresh boiled vegetables, and I was much happier. After eating the vegetables with the dipping sauce, I turned to see a bowl of boiled vegetable water. I was very satisfied with the vegetable water after taking a sip, it had a light sour taste. My mother used star fruit to cook vegetable water again, it was really hard to mistake.

My mother smiled at me and said that my sister had just given me a bag of star fruit, intending to cook it for me without saying anything to see if I would recognize it. In the end, I still recognized it. I truly deserved to be a disciple who eats the food my mother cooks. Home-cooked meals made by my mother are always the best.

The round, rough green skin of the star fruit does not look pretty, but it still makes everyone feel delicious. The price of the star fruit is also very cheap, any family can buy it, save it and use it gradually. The star fruit is a specialty , always reminding everyone of their homeland.

Hey who remembers the bowl of vegetable soup?

Green, fresh and sweet, the color of my homeland

Remember to add some star fruit

The light sour taste lingers in the heart

Everyone smiles at dinner

That star fruit soup gets ten points.