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Recipe of the Month - January '05: 

Get ready for Vietnamese New Year!  Here's a recipe to enjoy with Banh Chung - a dish eaten at every Vietnamese New Year celebration.

Pickled Carrots ( Dua Mon)


Ingredients:

5 lbs. Radish (cu cai)

2 lbs. Carrots (ca rot)

1 clove of garlic (cu toi)

2 tbsp. vinegar (giam)

2 1/3 cup sugar (duong )

2 tbsp. salt (muoi)

Instructions:

1.  Cut radish and carrots into 1 ½ inch size long.

Then shred to french fry size, add 1/3 cup of sugar

and 2 tbsp. salt mix together and leave overnight.

Next morning drain off all water.

2.  Cook 2 cups of sugar until melted and turned brown.

Then add 2 cups fish sauce, and 2 tbs. of vinegar cook to

boil. Turn off and let cool. Slice garlic and add radish and

carrots to mixture. Leave for 2 –3 days then enjoy with