The Vietnamese traditional village visited by the former President Barack Obama

The Vietnamese traditional village visited by the former President Barack Obama

With the young green grains, aromatic, Me Tri village was visited by former US President Barack Obama in May 2016.

Next famous nuggests' village of Vong, this autumn's specialty dish also appears in Me Tri Village (Tu Liem, Hanoi) with a life span of more than 100 years.

Me Tri village has 2 rice seasons per year. The type of rice used to make nuggest is golden sticky rice (also known as king rice, rice originated from Hebei). At present, there are nearly 50 households involved in the production and processing of nuggets. The quantity of nuggets in the year depends on the weather.

At 3am, families with rice fields around the village start to cut the dewy, wet rice. "Rice is about 3 months harvest to make nuggets, this is the period of dairy rice because if too old can become rice," said Nguyen Thi Hien.

After taking home will be stripped of leaves and cotton. The stem is then dried to make the finished rice nuggets and the rice seeds to bring the grain. "Every morning for 2 hours, we can pick up 2kg of straw, earning about 60,000 VND (around 2.5 USD)," said 80-year-old Ngo Thi Van in neighborhood 4, Me Tri district.

Morning on the small alleyway of the village road crowded the people, mainly old people sitting and picking up the rice leaves removed from the cotton. Each batch of rice is then ready to be harvested.

In Me Tri, there are many families that distribute rice to small households.

"Rice after plucking is treated with water to filter out the seed. Compared to previous years, this year the weather is much raining, yielding less. The family has 7 sao of rice, this loss of autumn loss about 1.2 tons (in 2016 reached 1.6 tons)," Loi said.

At a temperature of 80 degrees Celsius, the rice will be put into a roasting pan until the water vapor is slightly rising, the seeds are firm, tense and fragrant, they will bring to the shell crusher. Usually it takes 2 hours.

"For many years, Me Tri was made with machines, giving higher productivity and quality. The machining process should reduce the strenuous, "said Nguyen Thach Hau.

The last step is to pound the nuggets then filter out the broken nuggets, shredded to pack.

Bulbs are classified into gill nodules, tops, and nuggets. Cymbals are young nuggets after re-lumps (this is the best nuggets), the top of the tops when the sifted will fly to the top by the thin nuggets, the thicker nuggets will stand at the end of the sieve.

Finished products after fragrance, smell, plastic, stimulate the taste. Seasonal potato is the best nut in the year. When it comes to temperature, it is usually possible to have 3 days if you put it in the freezer compartment for up to half a year. This dish is often used to prepare many dishes.