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Au Tau gruel - Au Tau rice soup - chao Au Tau
Au Tau gruel - Au Tau rice soup - chao Au Tau
Au tau bulb, can be called "o dau" (black head) or father and son bulb, is usually found in high land with cold air. According to traditional medicine, au tau has peppery taste, hot nature which is good for curing. A long ago, Mong people knew to soak au tau bulb to massage or to treat cold. Au tau gruel is firstly known to treat cold; afterwards, it is added ingredients by Ha Giang people and becomes special and delicious dish.
Actually au tau bulb is very poisonous; to reduce its toxicity, soak it into rice water overnight, until it turns into a very thick powder. Au tau power is cooked with rice. Mix ordinary rice, large size glutinous rice, pig’s trotters to simmer within 4 hours….. After several meticulous progresses, a delicious au tau gruel is made.
The gruel has brown colour, buttery and greasy taste and special perfume. The gruel has a typical medical bitterness of bulbous aralia. However, its bitterness is neutralized with buttery and greasy taste, sweetness of sauce and perfume of eggs to make an attractive and strange taste.
According to folk experiences, au tau gruel is used to stretch, reduce muscle pain, bone pain, and dispel tiredness of traveler.
Au tau gruel is cooked with perilla to treat cold.
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