Saturday, October 9, 2010

Gỏi Cuốn - Vietnamese Cold Salad Rolls

 Chào các cô! Chào các bạn!

Vào thứ bảy tuần trước, chúng tôi - Minh Hà, Minh Hòa, Minh Dũng và Minh Tâm, gặp ở Bukit Panjang LRT. It was raining heavily when we got there. Thế thì chán quá! We even went to the wrong apartment. Trời ơi! But that did not dampen our spirit at all.  Chúng tôi dến nhà thầy Minh lúc chín giờ sáng để làm Gỏi Cuốn cho lớp nấu ăn Việt.

Upon reaching nhà thầy Minh, cô Bích bắt dầu dạy how to prepare the Gỏi Cuốn, a Vietnamese cold salad roll and decorate the dish using vegetables like chilli and cucumber vì chúng tôi chưa bao giờ nấu món ăn Việt Nam.



We enjoyed wrapping the spring rolls even though it took us a couple of tried before we finally got the hang of it.

Gỏi Cuốn rất dễ làm và đây là recipe với some points to take note:

Ingredients
Rice vermicelli
Vietnamese rice paper
Lettuce, cucumber and carrot (all thinly sliced)
Mint leaves
Thai basil leaves
Bean sprouts
Chinese chives
Chicken breast meat, shredded (Tip: Cô Bích prefers pork belly!)
Tiger shrimps (cooked, peeled and sliced into halves)

Steps to making Gỏi Cuốn:
1. Soak rice vermicelli in cold water for 20 min before putting it into boiling water for another 5 min. (Make sure the vermicelli is soft and springy after boiling and should not be too hard)

2.  Briefly dip a sheet of rice paper into water and see it magically soften. Then, arrange the sliced lettuce, cucumber, carrot, basil leaves, mint leaves, bean sprouts, vermicelli and shredded chicken breast meat onto the rough side of the rice paper.
3. Top with a shelled, cooked tiger shrimp and chive before folding the left and right sides of the rice paper over the filling and then firmly rolling the spring roll away from you to form a neat parcel. (Be careful not to tear the rice paper!!)

4. Serve with fish sauce as a dip.


Gỏi Cuốn chúng tôi làm trông rất đẹp và ngon, phải không?

Chúng tôi làm nhiều Gỏi Cuốn. Chúng tôi cũng dạy các bạn how to wrap the cold salad roll, and tất cả các bạn couldn’t resist eating the cold salad rolls which they made themselves before the actual food tasting session but were unfortunately caught by cô Bích. Oops!


By mười hai giờ, chúng tôi rất đói. We can’t wait to eat!!
Sau đó was the food tasting session. We watched in anticipation, and growling stomachs, as cô Bích tried each and every dish and gave her honest feedback. Once cô Bích had her fill, it was our turn to eat all the delicious food prepared by our beloved teachers as well as our friends. Mmmm.....Yummy!!
Chúng tôi rất mệt nhưng rất vui. Chúng tôi rất thích lớp nấu ăn Việt! It was an enjoyable experience for us!
Cám ơn các cô, especially our master chef cô Bích for teaching us how to làm Gỏi Cuốn.
Chúc các cô và các bạn vui vẻ! Hẹn gặp mọi người ở lớp tiếng Việt nhé!!



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