(Baonghean.vn) - The place name Doc Dua (Hamlet 3, Tuong Son, Anh Son) has long been famous for its specialty sticky rice cake sold along both sides of the road. In this land, no one remembers when this fragrant and attractive sticky rice cake appeared, but we only know that, the girls of Doc Dua in particular and Anh Son in general, almost all grew up with batches of fragrant sticky rice cakes from their grandmothers and mothers, and soon became proficient in choosing sticky rice, beans, and wrapping cakes...
Over time, the Doc Dua sticky rice cake is no longer present in the small village community, but has spread to become a specialty gift, loved by people near and far. Currently, around the Doc Dua area, there are nearly 15 households making sticky rice cakes, creating jobs for hundreds of local workers and bringing in a stable source of income. This specialty is processed and sold year-round, with a stable number of customers thanks to the advantage of the product's location next to the bustling National Highway 7. Around Tet, many people choose sticky rice cakes as gifts for people in the South, the North, and even package them to send abroad.
It is known that the People's Committee of Anh Son district is planning to submit a request for recognition of Anh Son sticky rice cake craft village and build a roadmap to protect the product brand, aiming for sustainable development and ensuring food hygiene and safety criteria, promoting the spread and trust of customers near and far for this rustic gift.
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| Bakers in the Coconut Land pick dozens of carts of ramie leaves like this every day in Tuong Son commune. |
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| Ramie leaves, one of the ingredients for making cakes |
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| Fresh ramie leaves after being washed are boiled for hours, one of the most difficult steps. |
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| Grind the ramie leaves before cooking. |
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| Fresh ramie leaves after being washed are boiled for hours, one of the most difficult steps. |
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| Banana leaf storage for wrapping cakes |
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| Serve beans as you make the cake, that way the beans will always be delicious. |
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| Crushed flour mixed with jute water before making cake |
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| In addition to cooking the mung beans according to the correct process, the mung beans used to make gai cake must also be mashed. After mashing, the beans are beaten for about 20 minutes so that the sugar can be absorbed evenly. |
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| Prepare new batch of cake |
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| Before wrapping the cake, you must apply a layer of cooking oil on the outside of the dough so that when the cake is cooked, it won't stick. |
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| Delicious gai cake has not only flour and gai leaf water but also bean and coconut filling. |
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| Soft sticky rice cake, loved by many children and the elderly |
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| Drivers stop on the side of the road for customers to buy bread. |
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| Coconut sticky rice cake is sold along both sides of the street. |
Thu Huong - Phuong Chi
