No Pork Bun Rieu

1. Rinse your dry shrimp until clean. Soak it in hot water.

2. Fill up your pot with water, add dried shrimp, daikon, and onions.

3. Let it come to boil and skim impurities when necessary.

4. Season with salt, mushroom seasoning, and palm sugar. Pop on the lid slightly and simmer for about 30-45 mins.

5. Remove the dried shrimp from the pot and ground it with a food processor. Also ground the shrimps.

6. In a bowl combine ground dried shrimp, ground fresh shrimp, crab meat, 2 eggs, canned or jar crab paste (1/2 cup), and some salt. Mix well and let it sit in the fridge to bind.

7. Sauté shallots in oil. Add tomatoes, fish sauce, and about 1 tbl tomato paste.

8. Add the sautéed tomatoes and tofu puff to the pot.

9. Bring pot to boil and then spoon in the crab mixture in step 6. Let cook for about 10 minutes. Adjust taste with additional fish sauce and sugar.

10. Make yourself a bowl and enjoy with all the toppings.