Banh Chung - Rice Cake |
Rice cake is our custom dish, which never
lacks in Nguyen Dan Lunar New Year of
Vietnamese people. At least, Vietnamese
people have to prepare a couple of rice
cake. Rice cake is in green cover and
four-cornered dumpling made of glutinous
rice wrapped in rush or bamboo leaves and
boiled. By the rice cake legend, it is found
in Hung Vuong Empire, when Lang Lieu prince
submit it to the King Hung, he was praised
and taken the post. The wrapping works are
very painstaking. The sticky rice must be
very good and was soaked in water the day
before. The pork meat for filling must be
pig with full lean, aft and peel. Rice cake
is wrapped square, not tight nor loose. Rice
cake should be boiled at once, by wood,
woodduct and rice husk is better. In
Vietnam, you can enjoy Rice cake at any
time, but you can feel it clearly in Nguyen
Dan Lunar New Year. At that time, beside the
dish of rice cake you could see dishes of
lean meat pie, salty orion to eat with. In
the tradition of Vietnam, before the New
Year one or two day, by the warm fire, the
family sit aside telling the past stories
and ready for a New Year with hopeful wishes
of the best thing.
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