When visiting Nam Dinh city during the early spring days of the new year, the specialty that tourists most often see for sale is Siu Chau candy. The candy has a light sweetness from sugar, and a rich, nutty flavor from sesame and peanuts. When eating, the candy is usually enjoyed with a cup of good tea. Today, let's join Bao Minh to explore this dish with its very special, unique, and equally delicious name!
It is a simple snack because the ingredients to make Siu Chau candy are extremely simple, including: Peanuts, sesame, sugar, and malt. All ingredients are rustic and very easy to find on the Vietnamese market.
Although the ingredients are simple and easy to find, it requires the skillful hands of people, with secrets that only ancient Nam Dinh people possess, for the Siu Chau candy bars to come out with the characteristic pink-brown color and clarity like amber, which is very distinct.
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Siu Chau candy when eaten, you will immediately feel the crunchiness in your mouth and the aromatic, nutty smell of peanuts and sesame, thereby leaving an unforgettable aftertaste in the hearts of diners.
Thanks to careful selection of input ingredients, the finished candy does not have the rancid smell of peanut oil. Through many stages of selection with secret recipes, a Siu Chau candy product is created that can be stored for a long time without becoming soggy while still maintaining good quality.
Finally, the candy bars are coated with sticky rice flour like a protective layer that acts as both a moisture-proof barrier and a way to incubate the candy to bring out its fragrance.
Additionally, when enjoying this candy, there is also a special way to do it. Peanut candy green tea has long been a specialty that is no longer strange to Vietnamese people, and so is Siu Chau candy. This candy is best enjoyed with a cup of hot green tea.
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The wonderful combination of the sweet, nutty taste of the candy and the slightly bitter taste of the tea will make you no longer feel too much sweetness in the back of your throat and help you enjoy the candy with a more wonderful feeling.
The tradition of the people of Nam Dinh, past and present, especially during every Tet holiday, makes Siu Chau candy an indispensable product. It still often appears to be used to entertain guests as a pride of the hospitable people of Nam who are proud of their homeland's products.
When you have the opportunity to visit the land of Nam Dinh, this is a great product for you to buy as a gift for relatives and friends. A few packets of rustic, simple Siu Chau candy as a gift will surely be enjoyed by everyone who gets to try this special specialty candy.
The craft of making Siu Chau peanut candy in Nam Dinh has been famous for nearly two centuries. Even the name alone suggests curiosity to many listeners.
According to the people of Nam Dinh, the name Siu Chau has existed for a very long time and is associated with a famous delicious candy shop here. The shop was on Hang Sat street, which is a street with many Thieu Chau people, near the Thieu Chau temple. Whenever they told each other how to find and buy the candy, people would point to near Thieu Chau temple; at first, they called it “candy near Thieu Chau temple”, later, to make it easier to remember, people called it “Thieu Chau candy”, then “Siu Chau”, or even simpler, Siu candy.
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To make this Siu Chau candy delicious treat is an art. The ingredients to make the candy are also easy to find, including: Peanuts, sesame, cane sugar, 'cai hoa vang' sticky rice, and sprouted rice from the spring crop to make malt.
Peanuts are carefully selected and then shaken with boiling water to remove all dirt. Next, leave them to dry and drain before roasting.
According to the standard traditional method, peanuts will be roasted on sand to get the crunchy aroma without being scorched by essential oils. Sesame can be white or black. Each type will make the candy delicious in its own flavor and the color will also be different. After the sesame and peanuts are roasted, let them cool, remove the shells, sift clean, and then cook with sugar and malt.
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To cook Siu Chau candy, the artisan needs to have sophistication, strong and skillful hands, and quick, decisive actions. Because the candy is cooked in a short time. Skilled artisans will have the secret of “sugar tempering” to ensure the flavor of the candy is perfectly balanced, neither too sweet nor too greasy. The artisan must ensure steady hands and maintain a stable temperature of the stove throughout the cooking process.
The artisans must know how to look with their eyes and feel with their chopsticks when the mixture reaches the consistency of malt sugar to pour the peanuts in.
Every production workshop requires artisans to have experience in cooking candy to grasp the secret. It looks easy to do, but every step requires precision. Because if not, when packaging, it will be impossible to control the product quality.
Siu Chau candy when coming out of the oven, it must have a pink-brown color and be as clear as amber. When eating, it should be crunchy and fragrant with the sweet, nutty taste of peanuts and sesame.
The final step is to pour the hot candy mixture onto a tray spread with a layer of sticky rice flour to prevent the candy from getting damp. After that, quickly roll the candy thin and cut it into sheets.
The candy bars are cut into bite-sized pieces, lightly coated with a layer of ivory-white powder, have a crunchy aroma, and have the nutty taste of peanuts blended with the light sweetness of malt.
The advantage of this Siu Chau candy is that it does not stick to teeth when eating and is not cloying. It can be said that not only is it a unique specialty and a pride of the land of Nam Dinh, but Siu Chau candy is also a gift associated with many traditional Vietnamese families.
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