How to make very attractive melons in the Central style

Watermelon is an effective anti-boring dish at meals with a lot of meat and fish, it has a sweet and sour taste, is often served with banh tet or rolled with rice paper, even eaten with braised pork. rice. Here’s how to make a melon-style melon that you can make yourself at home

How to make Central style melon with kitchen ash

Process
10 o’clock Preparation
30 Minutes For
3-4 people

Ingredients for making Central style melon with kitchen ash

• Palanquin tubers: 200gr
• Carrots: 200g fresh carrots

• Chili: 5-7 fruits
• Green papaya: you take green papaya (can be replaced with young kohlrabi)
• Spices: 200g salt, 300g sugar, 300ml fish sauce, a cup of kitchen ash, 2 garlic bulbs

How to make Central style melon with kitchen ash

Step 1Process materials

Process materials

The palanquin is soaked in ash water for 10 hours , then washed and then cut off the leaves, peeled off the outer skin and kept the white tuber.

When you buy papaya, you peel it, soak it briefly in dilute salt water for 3-5 minutes to remove the plastic, then wash it with cold water, remove the intestines, and then use a pruning knife to trim into serrated teeth.

Carrots peeled off the outer skin and washed with water 3 times . Then you cut the carrots into thin slices and prune the flowers.

You prepare a large pot of dilute salt water and then pour the rest of the ingredients into the soak. After about 15-20 minutes , you take out the bamboo net.

Step 2Sun drying ingredients

Dry the above ingredients in the sun for 1-2 days

Then, dry the above ingredients in the sun for 1-2 days. The best drying time is midday, after drying during the day, in the evening you should store it in a corner of the kitchen or somewhere dry in the house.

When the hunting materials reach a certain level. You should pay attention to this step, do not dry it too dry, it will cause the vegetables to wilt, when the salt will be tough.

Step 3Proceed to pickle melon

Proceed to pickle melon

After the ingredients are properly dried, prepare a small pot, add 150ml of filtered water and 500ml of fish sauce . Then, put the pot on the stove to bring to a boil .

When the mixture of filtered water and fish sauce boils , add 2 teaspoons of sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves, then turn off the heat, wait for the mixture to cool completely.

The raw materials have been dried, put the dried ingredients in a large plastic or glass jar . Then, pour the mixture of fish sauce and sugar into it and soak it for about 2 days and you can enjoy it.

Step 4Finished product

Melon dish after soaking for 10 days

The color of the melon after 10 days of soaking is very beautiful and smooth. To preserve the best melons, you keep them in the refrigerator , which is very convenient and keeps them tastier

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How to make Central style melon with alum

Process
15 hours Prepare
1 hour For
3-4 people

Ingredients for making Central style melon with alum

• 1 kg palanquin
• 200 grams of sugar
• 500 ml of culture vinegar

• 1 tablet of alum
• A little salt

How to make Central style melon with alum

Step 1Eliminate the pungent smell of papaya

Prepare a bowl of water and stir with 3 tablespoons of salt to form a dilute brine mixture.

The tubers are washed and soaked in salt water for about 12 hours . This step will make the papaya more crunchy when eaten and also help reduce the pungent smell of the papaya.

Remove the pungent smell of palanquins with dilute salt water

Step 2Preliminary processing of papaya tubers with alum

You mix 1 tablet of alum into a bowl of water enough for the amount of palanquin. After soaking, you will soak the mixture in alum water for about 2-3 hours . This will help the palanquin to keep its beautiful white color.

After soaking, you take out the palanquin and wash it with clean water several times . Next, you clean the bark, roots and tops of the palanquin , then drain.

Preliminary processing of papaya tubers with alum

Step 3Cook sugar vinegar mixture

You measure the mixture according to the ratio of 200 grams of sugar – 1 bowl of vinegar – 1/2 teaspoon of salt and put on the stove to boil , then turn off the stove and let it cool.

Cook a vinegar-sugar mixture to soak the papaya tubers

Step 4Soak the palanquin

Before soaking, you need to clean and dry the glass jar . Then put the palanquin in the jar, you can add carrots and chili peppers to create color .

Slowly pour the cooled vinegar-sugar mixture into the jar so that it covers all the tubers . Next, close the lid and wait about 7-10 days to be able to use it .

Central region melon dish with alum

Step 5Finished product

From now on, you don’t need to go far, you can still make your own pickle at home. You can eat the papaya tubers with rice paper or other Tet dishes. Let’s go to the kitchen to show off your talent right away!

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Finished product

Notes when making and how to preserve tubers

Pay attention when cutting the root, do not cut into the tubers, after washing, remember to dry in the sun, if wet, it is easy to be damaged. You need to boil water to soak onions and palanquin. Pay attention to the right amount of salt, neither too salty nor too thin to make the onions more crispy and keep longer.

Let the jars soak the onions and cucumbers for about two days, until the onions are seasoned and have a sweet and sour taste. Fill the entire jar (if the jar is small) or remove the onion and place it in a container and store it tightly in the refrigerator . Thanks to that, the papaya is not too sour and adds a delicious crunch.

Notes when making and how to preserve tubers

Above is how to make a standard dish of melon in the Central region with easy-to-find and easy-to-make ingredients. Cfis.edu.vn wishes you success.

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