- Bún riêu
"Bún riêu" is a Vietnamese meat
rice vermicelli soup. There are several varieties of "bún riêu", including "bún riêu cua", "bún riêu cá", and "bún riêu ốc"."Bún riêu cua" is served with
tomato broth and topped with crab orshrimp paste . In this dish, various freshwater paddy crabs are used, including the brown paddy crab found inrice paddies in Vietnam. The crabs are cleaned by being placed in clean water to remove dirt and sand. The crabs are pounded with the shell on to a fine paste. This paste is strained and the crab liquid is a base for the soup along with tomato. The crab residue is used as the basis forcrab cakes . Other ingredients for this dish are: friedtofu , "mẻ " (fermented rice), "Garcinia multiflora " Champ., "hạt điều màu " to redden the broth, "huyết" (congealed pig's blood), splitwater spinach stems, shreddedbanana flower, "rau kinh giới" ("Elsholtzia ciliata "),spearmint ,perilla ,bean sprouts , and "chả chay " (vegetarian sausage). This dish is rich in nutrition:calcium from the ground crab shells, iron from the congealed pig's blood, and vitamins and fiber from the vegetables.External links
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