The Secret To Making Fish Sauce Dipping Bun Cha Ha Noi

If you’ve ever been in Hanoi, it’s definitely impossible not to know about Bun cha, a famous food in the capital city. Do you know the secret of making dipping sauce for Bun cha? If not, let’s check out following steps below:

Prepare ingredients

• Hoang Gia fish sauce: 50ml
• Water: 80ml
• Chilli: 3-4 fruits
• Garlic: 5 bulb
• Papaya: 60g
• Carrot: 1 fruit
• Vinegar: 1 tbsp
• Lemon: ½ fruit
• Sugar: 4 tbsp
• Pepper

How to make

Step 1: Preliminary processing

• Peel the papaya skin, wash it with water, soak the papaya with dilute salt water for 20 minutes to remove all the plastic in the papaya. Then rinse with water, drain and cut into very thin strands.
• Similarly, after being washed, peel the carrot skin and use a knife to cut into thin circles and trim the four corners into a beautiful flower shape.
• Garlic and chili are washed, peeled garlic, cut off the stalks and seeds, put both in a mortar and pounded.
• Lemons are washed and cut in half and squeezed lemon juice. Remove all lemon seeds to avoid bitter taste.

Step 2: Making Pickled Carrot

• To make pickles, you need to prepare a bowl, mix green papaya and sliced ​​carrots with a little salt, soak for 15 minutes. Then, rinse and squeeze gently to remove water.
• Next, soak with 1 tablespoon of vinegar and 2 tablespoons of sugar to create a sweet and sour taste, soak for at least 1 hour

Step 3: Make dipping fish sauce

• When the water boils, lower the heat to medium, now add 2 tablespoons of sugar and stir until dissolved. After the sugar has dissolved, add 50ml of anchovy fish sauce and lemon juice.
• Next, you add the garlic and chili. Depending on your preference to eat more or less spicy, you can adjust it to suit your taste.
• The last step is to add the pickled cucumbers and sprinkle some pepper, turn off the heat and put in a bowl.

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