North Vietnam's cuisine: Vegan banana-tofu soup

Vegan banana-tofu soup is the only-vegetable version of a traditional Red River Delta dish, which normally includes shellfish.

Ingredients of the vegan banana-tofu soup (Photo: VNA)

Fried tofu is cut into smaller pieces (Photo: VNA)

Green and unripe bananas are peeled, left soaked in light lime juice for a while, then being cut into 1-cm bits (Photo: VNA)

After initial preparations, the ingredients are stir-fried (Photo: VNA)

They then are braised in water with fermented rice for the distinctive sour taste (Photo: VNA)

A bowl of vegan banana-tofu soup (Photo: VNA)

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