Cham people in the southwestern region (living in Chau Giang islet, on Hau river, opposite Chau Doc town) have very unique specialties that few people know about. In addition to the famous traditional curry, Cham people also have many other interesting and unique dishes.
Tossing dish
In Cham language, "tossing a hearth means beef sausage. Cham Muslims who do not eat pork should make sausages with beef. According to legend, before creating humans and everything in the world, upper (Allah) sent the envoy to take the four types of black, white, yellow and red clay to form the first man Nabi Adam, with a body but no soul. they will be lost, and wait until Adam is asleep, and they will come back and defile him to humiliate him, and when he woke up, his body was full of stinking things, and he was in great pain and shame. He went to God to send envoys to take water from heaven to wash.
In the process of cleaning his body, the impurities that flowed from Mr. Adam's body turned into pigs and dogs. After being disinfected cleanly, Mr. Adam vowed: "Pigs and dogs are my enemies and our descendants later." From the legend, Cham Muslims not only do not eat pork but also eat dog meat. Even things involving pigs are taboo like raising pigs and transporting pigs.
Cham tung dish attracts people, because from the time of finding the ingredients to the processing method, it is unlike anyone else. Lean beef (usually boned meat, if you want to use the thigh meat) bought and removed all tendons, washed and thinly sliced, salted, white sugar, a few other additives and hearing (or cold rice). Rinse the inside of the cow clean, turn it inside out and scrape the marinated beef into the sun until it is full. This dish has two ways of eating: grilled or fried, similar to Chinese sausage. When served with raw vegetables, bananas and lemon pepper sprinkle new lemon delicious. Tossing the oven to taste sour and pungent smell, cow smell, bad smell ... wort, fat sweet, chewy ... really! This dish to eat rice or sip are all attractive. Not only the Cham but Vietnamese and Chinese also love this dish.
Ga Pap dishes
Like curry. Processed ingredients include curry, beef, coconut oil, coconut, peanut oil and lots of ripe chili: This dish is processed by Cham people into a fried rice like Duong Chau rice in restaurants or cooked like curry and served with rice, bread, noodles.
In the party of the people, this dish is never lacking and is "patronized" by the customers.
In particular, through the hands of professional processing of the women, the housewives of Cham for half a month still do not die. Asked the secret no one will ever say.
Paddle pa pa (canh canh canh)
This dish is popular and often appears in daily meals of Cham people. Roasted pureed rice to listen to cooked with curry, artillery, papaya, radish, carrots ... When ripe, season with onion, garlic, monosodium glutamate and some grapefruit. Grapefruit softened to get the sour and add a little beef sauce (prohoc) of the Khmer to bold flavor. Anyone who has not eaten this food before will feel suspicious, but after a few times he will become addicted. Can eat this salty with rice noodles and rice, both satisfied with the password.
Visiting Chau Doc town, tourists passing by Chau Giang boat and Chau Phong commune go to the "capital" of Cham people in the Southwest region. Having the opportunity to participate in the festival and enjoy their ethnic dishes to see the unique Cham ethnic culture.
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