Attractive 2000 VND breakfast dish in Dien Chau
(Baonghean.vn) - After being rolled, the rice cake is rolled tightly, sprinkled with onions on the surface, and dipped in fish sauce is delicious enough, or it can be eaten with nham, xao long, and vit. It's that simple, but for the people of Dien Chau, it is an indispensable breakfast dish, and for visitors from all over, this is a typical dish that must be tried every time they set foot in this land.
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| Making wet rice cakes is one of the long-standing traditional occupations of the Dien Chau people. That is why there are now hamlets in Dien Hoa commune with up to a dozen households practicing the craft. Photo: Sach Nguyen |
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| It is known that the most important steps in making banh muot are choosing rice, grinding flour and making the cake. Although it does not require sophistication, it is very meticulous and elaborate. Photo: Sach Nguyen |
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| First, clean the rice, soak it for more than 3 hours until it expands, then grind it into a smooth paste. To have delicious cakes, after grinding the rice, you must wait about 2 hours for the paste to settle before making the cakes. Photo: Sach Nguyen |
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| Workers have to wake up at dawn to prepare for the steps of lighting the fire, boiling water... Photo: Sach Nguyen |
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| The pot for making rice cakes is covered with a layer of fine cloth and boiled water. When the water boils, use a ladle to scoop the rice flour and spread it thinly on the fine cloth, then cover the pot for about 3 minutes. This step is especially important because it determines the thickness of each cake. Photo: Sach Nguyen |
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| Banh muot dipped in fish sauce with chili and lemon is always an option. However, today's villagers also make a side dish from water mimosa or banana stem. More luxuriously, it can be eaten with stir-fried offal, duck, chicken... Photo: Sach Nguyen |
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| For the people of Dien Chau, banh muot is a familiar breakfast dish, only 2,000 VND is enough to have a plate of banh muot. In the photo is the scene of waiting to buy banh muot to take home. Photo: Sach Nguyen |
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| There are also people who eat on the spot. For the villagers in Dien Chau, breakfast time is also the time for everyone to discuss things in the village, outside the commune, and then a new working day with worries and hustle. For people from other places, this is a dish that arouses a lot of curiosity because of the unique flavor of the cake, to eat once and remember forever. Photo: Sach Nguyen |
