Chung cake

Banh Chung is an indispensable symbol in the traditional Tet holiday. From ancient times until now, every time the New Year to spring, the family home is about the pot of rice cake to celebrate Tet. Because in the mind of each person, banh chung is a meaningful dish, meaning the members are simple but warm.

In ancient times, it is said that banh chung (Tet) cake is very long. People still believe that the cakes and buns are from the sixth Hung Kings, and to this day, they have become the symbol of traditional Tet festival in Vietnam. People always believe that cake shows the fullness of heaven and the family after a year of hard work, rush.

Whether in the North, Central or South, Banh Chung is an indispensable dish on Tet. It is said that this is the most awaited dish, because the New Year is the day to enjoy the delicious and warm banh chung.

On the material, banh chung (glutinious rice cake) is made from something very simple and easy to prepare; Combined with the ingenious hands of packers. Main ingredients are sticky rice, green leaves, meat, green peas. Each ingredient is carefully selected to create the best and most delicious food. On the sticky, people choose the round grain, not moldy to cook up the smell of sticky rice. Green bean picking beans are beautiful yellow, cooked up and refined puree. They will choose either lean meat or lean meat mixed with ground pepper and finely chopped onions. Another equally important ingredient is the leaves to wrap the cake. In some areas, banana leaves are used for wrapping but the most common ones are the leaves.

Leaves should be dark green, firm, not withered and torn. Or if the leaves are torn they can be lined inside the leaves to pack. Washing the leaves, cutting the stem is also important because the new clean lines to ensure hygiene as well as create the smell after cooking.

Once all the ingredients have been prepared, pack the cake. Banh Chung cake needs careful, meticulous and dexterity to create a square cake to visit her ancestors. Many people need to have a square to pack but many people do not need, just four corners of the leaf can be wrapped. Wrap around the bean and the meat is thick. Prepare wrap to keep the intestines firm, not soaked during baking.

Baking step is considered important. Normally people cook dry wood, cook in a large pot, fill with water and cook for 8-12 hours. The long cooking time is to ensure that the cake is even and flexible. When the water is boiling, the rice cake smell is rising. At that time, people began to feel the atmosphere of Tet covered the house.

After being rinsed, rolls are rolled and rolled to create a firmness for the cake when sliced ​​and can be kept longer.

For the tray of rice on Tet, banh chung (square glutinious rice cake) is a wonderful thing. Just as on the altar of the New Year, a pair of ancestral cakes is a custom handed down for generations. Banh Dinh symbolizes the fullness of heaven and earth, for the warmth and warmth of human heart.

On the day of Tet, there are a lot of banh chung (banh chung) as a gift, and this is the symbolic gift for the heart, for the fullness of happiness.

During the Tet to spring, cake to stand up on the suspicion is the signal for the warmth of the family. Banh Chung is a symbol of Tet, without any kind of cake that can be replaced. Because this is the tradition, the beauty of the Vietnamese people, the need to preserve and respect from the past, today and tomorrow too.