Vietnam coconut worms with fish sauce

In Vietnam, coconut worms, also known as "Đuông dừa," are a delicacy, often eaten raw with fish sauce and chili, and are considered a unique and flavorful experience. Coconut worms in Ben Tre in the past were one of the rustic dishes and were rich in nutrients. One can find these coconut weevils in coconut trees. During the breeding season, weevils often choose healthy coconut trees to cut out the tops to produce eggs. The eggs hatch into larvae, then develop and eat coconut tubers to survive. Today, coconut worms have become one of the most precious dishes of culinary connoisseurs.

By the time the bud falls horizontally, it is also the time when weevils are in the coconut tree a lot, if you put your ear to the coconut body, you will hear the weeds rumbling inside. Cut the coconut body out, each one lies a hole. Each large, strong coconut tree has about 50 to 100 weevils. People choose the right time to cut coconuts and catch fat, round weevils. Each worm should be as big as a thumb, the winged ones are also edible and delicious. These fat, roundworms, under the skillful hands of the Ben Tre people, produce wonderfully delicious dishes that everyone wants to enjoy once. Compared with other insect dishes such as locusts, scorpions, ants, bugs, spiders, eggplants, beetles, etc., it also makes you admire its characteristic delicious taste. Grilled coconut or charcoal grilled worms are the most favorite dishes of the locals. In addition, eating raw will retain the nutrients in it. To make it easier to eat, people can soak the worms with flour and then deep-fry them, which is also very greasy and easier to eat, can be eaten with herbs, chili is also very protein. Steamed worms with sticky rice are both flexible and fragrant, and porridge cooked with delicious coconut milk are also dishes that are enjoyed by locals and tourists from all over the world.