In Vietnam, too many dishes are served with sweet and sour sauce. Especially with spring rolls you can find them quite often, beside the fish sauce. It is not used as a sauce as we know it, but rather as a dip. Spring rolls, etc. are stipped into the sauce and then eaten directly.
Sweet and Sour Sauce
Ingredients
- 250 g strained tomatoes
- 100 g sugar
- 1 chopped garlic clove
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 can of pineapple, in pieces
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- some pineapple water
Instructions
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First cut the pepper, onion and carrot into fine pieces. These pieces are then fried in a wok with a little oil for about 2-3 minutes.
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Open the pineapple can and let the pineapple water drip off into a bowl (we still need it).
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Now stir the starch into some water and put it in a pot with the other ingredients.
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Pour the pineapple water on top and put it on the stove.
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After everything is cooked up, let the mixture simmer for about 3 minutes on a low heat.
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Finally, add the fried vegetables and let them heat up again.
If the consistency is still a little too thin, you can stir in a little more cornflour, add it and bring to the boil again.