Stir-fried vermicelli with turmeric is a popular dish that sounds very strange to many tourists when they have the opportunity to come to Hue. Stir-fried vermicelli with turmeric has a wonderful way of preparing, from easy-to-find, cheap ingredients, including vermicelli, young intestine, liver, boiled blood and pureed turmeric.
From the preparation stage, it is necessary to be careful. The cook must choose fresh intestines and prepare them thoroughly to remove all odors. Cut the ingredients into bite-sized pieces, marinate with fish sauce, salt, pepper, onions and turmeric water to taste. Then, stir-fry the soaked ingredients quickly over high heat.
Vermicelli is stir-fried in a separate pan, needs to be stirred quickly to avoid being crushed. To increase the flavor of stir-fried vermicelli with turmeric, the maker needs to prepare an additional portion of crushed fresh turmeric, stir-fry until cooked with spices.
Turmeric is an indispensable and important ingredient in this dish, so choose tubers that are moderately mature. When cooked, it will not be too pungent and has a characteristic aroma.
When a customer orders, the seller picks up the noodles, adds stir-fried tripe, liver, blood on top, sprinkles a little stir-fried turmeric and a pinch of laksa leaves. Diners just need to mix the ingredients and enjoy.
Crispy chewy intestines, soft and smooth pork blood, fragrant yellow turmeric mixed with white vermicelli noodles create a unique flavor, once eaten you will remember forever.
Not only is it a snack, stir-fried vermicelli with turmeric also has medicinal uses, with the ability to effectively treat coughs. Especially in winter, when the weather gets cold, this dish is very popular.
The cough treatment effect of the dish comes from the main active ingredient in turmeric: curcumin - which has antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and cough-treating effects. From its miraculous uses, turmeric has become a commonly used medicinal herb by Vietnamese people in food preparation.
Ms. Phuong Linh, a tourist from Hanoi, had the opportunity to come to Hue and enjoy stir-fried vermicelli with turmeric. She said: "I read reviews on social networks and just learned about stir-fried vermicelli with turmeric. Feeling curious about this dish, I took my family to try it. The first impression is that the vermicelli dish has a pungent, strong taste and feels unfamiliar. But my parents really like this dish."
If you have the opportunity to come to Hue, you should once enjoy this dish at Dong Ba and An Cuu markets, or small restaurants in Dong Ba market, An Cuu market, on Ba Trieu and Tran Quang Khai streets... Price Each bowl costs only 20,000 - 25,000 VND.
