The homeland in the jar
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Soybeam is a traditional dish, and is a pride in the cuisine of the people of Tam Hiep 5 village, Hat Mon commune. Since ancient times, every time they come to the coffee season, people here often make a few jars of tomatoes to use all year round.
With a sophisticated and meticulous way, this simple dish has become a specialty, conquering not only domestic customers but also Vietnamese people abroad.
In the early summer days, when coming to Tam Hiep 5 village, it is not difficult to see in every family’s yard, the mothers and mothers are busy with coffee, soaked in the aromatic jars. The large round bowls, imbued with the traditional taste is the pride of the people of Doai. Ms. Do Thi Van, one of the long -time coffee makers in the village, still retains the habit of choosing each fresh, rounded coffee to ensure that the batch of soy sauce always retains the original flavor. She shared that the selection of ingredients is extremely important because only the new quality coffee produces the traditional product.
Typically, the Tam Hiep chose to make tomatoes to make sauce. Those are large round coffee, not worms, picked at the mist. Each fruit is washed and salt with white salt for about 3 weeks to absorb the salty taste. After the salt is complete, the coffee is squeezed with the water to make the fruit toned. Next, the Tam Hiep people use pointed sticks around the coffee, helping to “suck” the sweet sweetness of soy sauce, creating a typical flavor and beautiful glossy brown. “My family usually makes a lot of jar, but it must be soaked from 12 – 24 months to use. In the process of soaking, every 4-6 months we will change the future once to really absorb the taste,” – Ms. Van shared. On average, every year, her family made about 2 quintals of soy sauce, equivalent to 800 – 1,000 fruits with the price of 50,000 VND/fruit.
When eaten, tomato sauce is washed with cool boiling water to reduce salty taste, then sliced and mixed with vinegar, garlic, chili, sugar … This crispy, rich dish is very suitable to eat with rice and spinach soup. Currently, Tam Hiep 5 village has nearly 10 households making soy sauce sold to the market. Previously, households mainly worked to eat, donated and sold around the area. But recently, this rustic and delicious food is increasingly known and appeared in many high -class restaurants, family tray, even following Vietnamese people abroad.
