VietnamSurprise – In Vietnamese, fish sauce is often termed as “Nuoc mam”. It is used for cooking varieties of Vietnamese foods. In order to bring a strong flavor to any food item the amber red, salty liquid mixed with other ingredients are used while cooking different types of dishes. It often happens that you are preparing a dish and it needs something extra to make it more and tasty and yummy. Adding any fish sauce can be an excellent solution. It makes the dish more delicious. You can sprinkle this sauce onto the hot rice to make it delicious.
When you attend any restaurant that provides Vietnamese dishes you will find that a small bottle containing “Nuoc mam” has been kept on the table as a part of the assemblage of chilies, pepper, salt and soy sauce. Even at home, a cup of fish sauce along with slices of Thai hot chilies is served at the table along with other dishes. Eating a Vietnamese food item without adding “Nuoc mam” may not taste good.
Now, fish sauce is a liquid item that is derived by fermenting and salting fish. It is an ancient way to preserve abundant supplies of proteins. The fresh fishes are packed either in large wooden cask, earthenware jugs or concrete vats in layers of salts. Either bamboo racks or rocks are kept on the top so that the fish don’t float around when the juices are extracted at the time of fermentation process.
Since, fish sauce is often used while preparing different types of Vietnamese foods and it is often served at the table along with different types of food item hence we can conclude that it is an essential food item. But you have to choose the fish sauce carefully so that you are able to prepare a delicious dish. So here are some tips on how to choose best fish sauce for Vietnamese:
1. At the time of shopping make sure that you buy premium fish sauce that is clear and reddish brown. Avoid buying any fish sauce that is inky liquid in nature or that is overly salty. If you buy good fish sauce then it will be tasty and yummy. Besides, it will emit a good and pleasant fragrance.
2. It through the labels that you get some idea about its quality. Try to find out the ingredients used for fabricating the fish sauce. If it is made by using anchovies or Ca Com then you don’t have to think much about its quality.
3. Make sure that a good quality fish sauce is always available glass bottle. Besides, it costs more. If you are confused about which bottle to pick then you can easily choose a highly priced or a medium priced bottle.
So this is how you can choose fine sauce for Vietnamese foods. Usually, the quantity of the salt in the fish sauce varies with brand to brand. Fish sauces are offered by different brands. You are concerned about the great flavor, excellent taste and color of the sauce then you can choose from the brands like Flying Lion’s Phu Quoc or Viet Huong’s Three Crabs.
There are different types of sauces available in the market. It can be of fish sauce or curry sauce. Some people think of preparing the sauce by themselves. In order to make a sauce you need to know how to make fish sauce. The recipes are available online which you can follow while preparing a fish sauce or a curry sauce.
Author Bio:
This article has been written by Francisca Straut. She is a seasonal blogger on the web. Blogging is her habit mostly in travel and food blogs. Her next topic is on spiced food.
