What is Xa Bau? How to make delicious crispy pickled radish at home

Xa Bau – a dish that sounds familiar to many people, but it is considered a specialty not to be missed when coming to Bac Lieu. So what is the amnesty? How to make pickled radish, also known as Xa Bau? Follow along with the article below of Tnhelearning.edu.vn to get the answer for yourself!

What is Xa Bau?

Xa Bau

Xa Bau is a pickled radish dish originating from the Tieu (Tieu Chau) people. During the process of cultural exchange and migration to the Southern region, this dish was introduced to Vietnam and became a specialty dish that you cannot ignore when coming to Bac Lieu. Xa Bau is a name that is misread from “chai pau” in the Tieu language.

Xa Bau is made from the main ingredients of white radish, salt and sugar . White radish will be dried to peel and then mixed with salt until the radish is slightly moist and supple, then mixed with white sugar and incubated for a few days, it can be used.

Xa Khau after completion will have a dark brown color, the surface is a bit dry and tough. When eaten, it has a moderate sweet, salty and radish aroma. In Bac Lieu, people often use it to serve with white porridge, white rice, banh tet, or to process it into dishes such as: sauteed sage with bacon, fried with lemongrass and chili, cooked soup, .. ..

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Ingredients for making amnesty

• 3kg white radish
• 1.2kg of granulated salt

How to make amnesty

Step 1Preparation of white radish

Preparation of white radish

Buy white radish , wash thoroughly and drain. When buying, you should choose elongated, firm, heavy-handed tubers so that the salt is better.

Step 2Salted

Pickled white radish

You prepare a large bowl, then spread a layer of salt on the bottom of the bowl. Then arrange the radish on top. Make a layer of salt, a layer of radish in turn until all ingredients are gone.

Use a tray to cover the bowl and marinate the beets overnight. After 1 night of marinating, the radish will be slightly soft and the water will appear to have been drawn from the radish due to the salt.

Note: Do not pour out the water drawn by the salt.

Step 3Dry

Dry the radish

Next, you put the radishes on a tray and leave them to dry in the sun for a day. After drying in the sun, the radish will shrivel slightly and appear a little white powder on the stem.

Next, you continue to marinate the radish for 1 night in the brine that has soaked the radish the day before. Do it continuously in the morning order, bring the radishes to the sun, marinate the radishes with such salt water for 7-8 days in the evening.

After 7-8 days, you have a very delicious soft and chewy pickled radish. However, in order for the radish to have a beautiful color, you should put the radish in a glass jar, close the lid and incubate for another 7 days.

Finished product

Xa Bau

After 7 days of incubating radishes in a glass jar, you will get a pickled radish pickle with natural brown color, very beautiful. Radishes are crispy, fragrant, attractive and can be used to process into many different dishes such as: Sweet and sour sago, soup,…

How to preserve relics

Preservation of relics

Xa Bau is a dish that is easy to store and can be used for a long time. You just need to put it in a clean glass jar and then keep it in a cool, dry place, away from moisture.

Or you can also store laksa leaves in the refrigerator, when eating, take a sufficient amount to process.

Xa Bau is a name that is misread from “chai pau”, which in Tieu means pickled radish. This is a dish originating from the Tieu people (Tieu Chau), which is very popular in localities with a large number of Chinese people living and surrounding, especially Bac Lieu, Soc Trang…

Tips for making pickled radishes out of salt

Use diluted salt water

To get rid of the saltiness of pickled radish, you can apply the following method. First, you cut the pickled radish to prepare the dish, then soak the pickled radish in diluted salt water, then rinse with water. When soaked in this way, the salt in the radish will be led out and the radish will be less salty and still retain its original flavor.

Use diluted salt water

Use rice water

You can use water to wash rice to make pickled radishes out of salt, this method helps to reduce the salty taste very effectively. You only need to soak for 30 minutes, then rinse with clean water, dry.

Use rice water

Use diluted lemon juice

You can use diluted lemon juice, you mix it with the ratio of 1 cup of water with 1/2 lemon, stir well. You put the pickled radish in it and soak it for 30 minutes, then take it out and let it dry . Lemon has a sour taste that will help balance the saltiness of the radish.

Use diluted lemon juice

How do you see the amnesty? Strange and familiar but also extremely attractive, right? What are you waiting for without going to the kitchen to make this dish for your family right away. Good luck.

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