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

* Fried tofu is cut into smaller pieces

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

* After initial preparations, the ingredients are stir-fried

* They then are braised in water with fermented rice for the distinctive sour taste

* A bowl of vegan banana-tofu soup

(Source: VNA)