Con Dao’s delicious Malabar almonds
Posted by admin on November 30, 2010 under Vietnam Food and Drink, Vietnam travel News | 
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 Con Dao island ’s unique local specialty is a type of nut that the islanders call mut hat bang (malabar almond jam). |
| Despite the name (mut means jam) it’s not really a jam, it’s a nut that tastes like walnut. Vendors sell the nuts in jars along the waterfront in the evenings. There are two kinds, salted and sweet.
To make mut hat bang, the ripe Malabar almond fruits are collected after they have been eaten by birds and fallen to the ground. The fruit are dried for four or five days and then peeled and the seeds are removed. Then the seeds are fried with either salt or sugar. Like walnuts they are dark brown outside and white inside. The small nuts are quite expensive because of all the labor to prepare them and are crisp and buttery to eat. The coastal streets of Con Dao are lined with Malabar almond trees that are all fixed with a sign to identify them. Malabar almond season is during summer in July or August. By thesaigontimes.vn
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