The temple festival smells of the "five-color" cake
(Baonghean.vn) - Coming to the Qua Son Temple Festival (Do Luong, Nghe An) in 2018, visitors can not only participate in folk games, sports, cultural and artistic activities but also enjoy the specialty "five-color" cake - a type of cake only available at this year's festival.
During the Qua Son Temple festival this year, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nam from Hamlet 2, Hong Son Commune enjoyed the “five-color” cake. Ms. Nam said: After several decades, she had the chance to eat this type of cake again. However, the flavor of the cake is still very delicious.
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| Prepare ingredients to make cake. Photo: Huu Hoan |
The “five-color” cake is made from glutinous rice flour, each cake has 5 colors made from nature: red from the fruit of the plum tree, purple from the purple leaves, green from the pandan leaves, yellow from the turmeric and white from the flour. After grinding the glutinous rice flour, keep each type separately. Wash the leaves, drain, grind them and strain the water. Mix the ground flour with the colored water, then steam. After the dough is cooked, the maker takes it out to flatten, roll the 5 colors together and then cut the five-color cake to enjoy.
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| The colors of the cakes are made from different types of leaves. Photo: Huu Hoan |
The most distinctive feature of the cake is that it must have the flavor of the plum. This fruit is only available from November to December. Therefore, the “five-color” cake is only made during the festival season to serve tourists... The “five-color” cake has the aroma of different plants, the stickiness of sticky rice, and the light sweetness of sugar.
To preserve and promote the beauty of the festival, Do Luong district opened a booth to make and sell five-color cakes, attracting many people to enjoy and learn how to make the cakes. This is to preserve the cultural beauty of the Qua Son temple festival, and at the same time educate the younger generation about tradition.
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| Visit the booth displaying and introducing "five-color" cakes. Photo: Huu Hoan |
In the past, in Bach Ngoc village belonging to 3 communes Lam Son, Ngoc Son and Boi Son, almost every house made “five-color” cakes. Therefore, bringing “five-color” cakes to the Qua Son temple festival is a beautiful culinary culture, creating an impression in the hearts of visitors from all over the world every time they come to Qua temple.
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| 5 layers of cake with 5 different colors. Photo: Huu Hoan |
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| Five-color cake products have a special delicious taste. Photo: Huu Hoan |
During the festival days, the five-color cake makers at Qua Son Temple produced dozens of kilograms of cakes every day to serve the people and tourists. Five-color cakes became an attractive specialty of the people of Boi Son commune.
