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Thank you Werner,Ece,Michael and Underground for taking time to comment.

 

@ Ece :yes,you are right and I think that the color is better that the black and white in that case.Tropical fruits are so nice and so varied :)

@ Michael, yes effectively the typical conical hats of Vietnam bring a signature to the photo taken in Vietnam. Thanks to have noticed it :)

 

Another photo showing the bargaining of the Vietnamese of this vegetable that they like,belonging to the family of zucchinis but very bitter !

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Another photo showing the bargaining of the Vietnamese of this vegetable that they like,belonging to the family of zucchinis but very bitter !

 

Their english name is bitter gourd, but they are very good for the kidneys. In Punjabi we call them "keraela".

 

Scrape off the knobbly bits of two the size in the photo and chop into slices about 1cm thick.

Sprinkle with lots of salt and leave for 90mins.

Squeeze juice of one lemon over all.

After 10 more mins, squeeze as much juice out.

Fry up some onions in lots of sunflower oil.

Add one eigth teaspoon of turmeric powder & a quarter spoon of each coriander and cummin powder.

Add the kerala and fry up.

Keep stirring and it should all be cooked after about 15mins.

 

Another recipe has these chopped very small & stuffed into baby aubergines.

 

Ravi

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Henri -

 

Excellent series. We learned in Ho Chi Minh City that the Vietnamese always buy live poultry, and the Chinese ex-pats tend to buy poultry already slaughtered. We heard this from several Vietnamese, all of whom said it with a bit of derision.

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Henry,

You really captured the atmosphere: I can smell the smells and hear the noises. Makes me want to get a bowl of Pho.

Lovely!

Marco

Thank you Marco,for this very kind comment :)

Yes I ate a bowl of soup "pho" not far and the "pho" was excellent especially with the bloody beef :)

PS: For those who don't know about the word "Pho" which spoke Marco, it is a vietnamese traditional soup.

 

Another scene of the street around this market...the vietnamese patience

Thanks for looking

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Their english name is bitter gourd, but they are very good for the kidneys. In Punjabi we call them "keraela".

 

Scrape off the knobbly bits of two the size in the photo and chop into slices about 1cm thick.

Sprinkle with lots of salt and leave for 90mins.

Squeeze juice of one lemon over all.

After 10 more mins, squeeze as much juice out.

Fry up some onions in lots of sunflower oil.

Add one eigth teaspoon of turmeric powder & a quarter spoon of each coriander and cummin powder.

Add the kerala and fry up.

Keep stirring and it should all be cooked after about 15mins.

 

Another recipe has these chopped very small & stuffed into baby aubergines.

 

Ravi

Hi Ravi,

Thank you for the recipe which I shall note in my book of recipes

If it's good for kidneys, i am going to eat them from now .I like stuffed aubergines too.

Thanks Ravi

Best regards

Henry

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Henri -

Excellent series. We learned in Ho Chi Minh City that the Vietnamese always buy live poultry, and the Chinese ex-pats tend to buy poultry already slaughtered. We heard this from several Vietnamese, all of whom said it with a bit of derision.

Merci beaucoup Stuart.

Great thanks Stuart for your very nice comments and to remind that in Vietnam there is a bird flu

Yes the poultry is always on alive sale in markets in Vietnam.

The transport is regulated on the other hand.

The villagers who bring the poultry live in villages situated just close.

We can also find of the brought down poultry, but in supermarket kept for the cold.

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Henri,

A lovely series of images indeed.

Thank you Ivan for your comment always greatly appreciated.

I shall return to Vietnam this time with my new purchases my 2 M8 and my M7,

besides my R8 and R4S, and shall show you another pictures :)

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