Cha ruoi - An autumnal treat of the North
Those who visit Hanoi during this time of the year should savor cha ruoi, a specialty made from sand worm widely available in the sea.
Cha ruoi.
Live
ruoi which is transported from Hai Phong and Nam Dinh will be cleaned and then
boiled in hot water.
People
will mix ruoi with paste pork and egg and lemon leaves and the cover of kumquat
and onion and pepper. The best ruoi dish shouldn’t miss the cover of kumquat to
have the signature flavor.
After
mixing all the ingredients together, people will fry the paste until its cover
turned to yellow brown color.
A
smoking-hot dish will be served together with vegetables and fish sauce. During
cold days of Hanoi, it is such a delight to savor the food with its best taste
of sweet, cheesy and aromatic ingredients.
In
the capital, cha ruoi is a delicacy this time of the year – the delicious smell
of it being cooked is very pervasive, a temptation to passers-by.
By SGT