TODAY, I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO EAT "BANH TET" WITH WHAT TO EAT DELICIOUSLY WITHOUT GETTING BORED!

An indispensable dish in the Tet tray in the Central and Southern regions is the familiar "Banh Tet". So the question here is what to eat "Banh Tet" with without getting bored? Let's learn and enjoy new ways to eat "Banh Tet" without getting bored and increase your appetite below!

"Banh Tet", sometimes called “Banh Don”, is a type of cake in the cuisine of both Vietnamese people and some ethnic minorities in the South and Central Vietnam, which is the similarity of "Banh Chung" in the North in terms of ingredients, cooking methods, only different in shape and using banana leaves to wrap instead of dong leaves. So it is also used the most on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year of the Vietnamese people with a role no different from "Banh Chung". But there are also many "Banh Tet" filled with bananas or black beans that are made or sold all year round.

In the northern midlands and mountainous regions such as Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Vinh Phuc, Ha Tay,... there is also a similar cake called "Banh Tay" or "Banh Day". This is a common type of "Banh Tet" in the ancient capital of Co Loa, Kinh Bac, of ethnic minorities in the North. Professor Tran Quoc Vuong said that the ancient and primitive "Banh Chung" was round like "Banh Tet" or "Banh Tay" and "Banh Tet" was born in the process of Vietnamese-Cham cultural exchange. Vietnamese people create the "Banh Tet" from the visualization of the Linga element from the Cham’s The God Shiva (Mahadeva).

There is another legend that in the spring of 1789, Nguyen Hue marched to the North to fight the Qing army. At that time, the soldiers were rested and ate Tet. Among the soldiers, there was a soldier who was sent by his wife for a cake made from glutinous rice, filled with mung beans, shaped like today's "Banh Tet". The soldier brought a cake to invite King Quang Trung. The king saw that it was delicious, so he asked about this cake. The soldier said that the cake was made by his wife in his hometown. Every time he eats cake, the more he loves him, the more he misses his wife. He had abdominal pain, but when he ate this cake, he didn't feel pain anymore. Hearing the soldier's touching story, the king ordered everyone to wrap this cake to eat Tet and named it "Banh Têt". For a long time, the name of the cake changed to "Banh Tet".

"Banh Tet" has a long cylindrical shape, so it is also known as a cake bang, the two blows usually have a common cake handle made of banana leaf veins to form a pair. People also make cakes without meat fillings so that they can last longer or vegetarian with fillings that can be ripe bananas. The cake is considered a skillful package when the cake is evenly rounded, tied tightly, the filling is in the middle, there are artisans and the filling is wrapped in a triangle shape when cut out.

"Banh Tet" are usually stored for a few days, cooked on New Year's Eve so that on New Year's Eve they can be eaten with pickles and braised meat. This is usually a "Banh Tet" filled with meat, fat and green beans, and is eaten by many people. In addition, there is also a sweet "Banh Tet" with banana or mung bean filling, a large one for many people or a small one for one person.

There are many types of "Banh Tet": cakes, savory cakes, vegetarian cakes,... The main ingredient of "Banh Tet" is glutinous rice accompanied by pork, mung beans and other spices. With those ingredients, it is easy to get bored when eating a lot or continuously. So what should you eat with "Banh Tet" to be delicious and not cause boredom?.

In order to increase the taste of the "Banh Tet" as well as not cause a feeling of boredom when eating, people often eat it with other types of dishes, such as vegetables soaked in vinegar or salted water that are delicious and attractive, especially pickles and palanquins.

Served with Pickles Pickles are made from many different types of tubers such as papaya, carrots, radishes or vegetables,... After being seasoned and fermented within 2-3 years, the melon has a salty, sweet, crispy taste, so when served with "Banh Tet", it not only suits the taste but also feels very delicious without getting bored.

That's why every time Tet comes to spring, every family makes a delicious jar of pickles to serve for the Tet holidays. Salted palanquin is an indispensable dish for the people of the South and Central regions. Compared to melons, palanquins take a long time to salt before they can be eaten. Therefore, people have salted palanquins 1 month before Tet to serve the Tet days are always full of dishes. The sour and slightly spicy taste of the palanquin will make the "Banh Tet" more attractive, tastier and especially not boring, the more you eat it, the more delicious it becomes.

Ways to eat "Banh Têt" deliciously, not sickly such as: "Banh Têt" with palanquin; There are also fried "Banhtet"...Instead of eating boiled "Banh Têt" as usual, you can change your taste by frying the "Banh Têt" and eating. Fried "banh têt" can be served with braised meat, many families also have the habit of eating fried "Banh Têt" dipped with sugar, soy sauce or dipped with fish sauce, eating it is also very delicious and does not cause a feeling of boredom. What to eat with "Banhtet"? You probably already have the answer, right? Depending on the preferences and tastes of each person, they will choose a suitable accompaniment for themselves so that "Banh Tet" becomes more attractive, tastier and especially not bored to eat.

If Tet comes to spring, your family is struggling to find a place to buy "Banh Têt" but does not know where to buy it for the cake to be flexible and delicious to accompany the above dishes, you can message or comment on this article for me to suggest to you where to sell "Banh Têt" to ensure quality, flexible, delicious and prestigious, priority for those of you who are in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam!