mackerel fillet (400 g) • pork fatback (50 g) • all-purpose flour (about 8 g) • large pieces of pumpkin, about 1.5x2 inches each (4x5 cm) • cabbage, about the size of half your hand • tomatoes • ripe pineapple • dried bamboo shoots or 1 stalk fresh bamboo shoot • fermented shrimp paste • Green onions and cilantro, shallots
fish cakes (about 500 grams) • cucumber (about 500 grams) • mixed fresh herbs (about 500 grams) • red chili peppers • garlic • fish sauce • sugar • small bowl minced garlic and chili
basa fish cake (about 200 grams) • ground pork (about 100 grams) • egg white • rendered pork fat • black pepper • pink salt • sprigs of scallions • shallots • small amount of tóc tiên (black moss seaweed)
Nha Trang fish cakes (make sure to buy good quality ones) • small handful of dried shrimp for color • tomatoes • pineapple • rice vermicelli noodles (about 500 grams) • Fresh herbs (choose the ones you like! This dish is usually served with purple cabbage and some bean sprouts) • Seasonings (salt, MSG, fish sauce, chicken bouillon powder)
fish cake (such as Nha Trang-style fish cake) (about 200 grams) • ripe pineapple • tomato • scallions • green and red chili peppers • fish sauce (or soy sauce) (30 ml) • palm sugar • black pepper • bird’s eye chili • water (15 ml) • scallion stalks
minced thac lac fish (or substitute with any white fish) • shallots • garlic • green onion bulbs • Chili pepper • seasoning powder • fish sauce • Cooking oil • ground black pepper • dill, stems removed
tuna • small amount of spinach, green beans, and red chili pepper • asparagus spears • all-purpose flour (about 16 grams) • cornstarch (about 8 grams) • egg • onion
fried fish cake • large starfruit • fish head • large shrimp • tomatoes • dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked until soft • Green mustard greens • Dill • Lime and chili • Seasonings
Snakehead fish (or substitute with catfish or tilapia) • Shrimp • Fish cake • Quail eggs • Mushrooms (such as straw mushrooms or button mushrooms) • Daikon radish • Banh canh noodles (thick tapioca or rice noodles) • Rock sugar, black pepper, green onion, garlic, fish sauce, salt, MSG, chicken bouillon powder