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Rice dumpling cake (mangrove shrimp cake) is a favorite dish for many young people. Rice dumpling cake is made of glutinous rice, shrimp meat served with herbs and delicious sauce. If you want to discover the cuisine in Vietnam, don’t miss out this traditional Vietnamese cake. Referring to Rice dumpling cake, people will think of Hue. The flavor of Rice dumpling cake is similar to that of Hue people, gentle and has its own unique flavor. One of the traditional dishes that anyone visiting Hue enjoys is Rice dumpling cake. This is a dish not only be found in Hue but also famous and available everywhere in the country. Rice dumpling cake gives people a sense of familiarity with aromatic, sticky, soft, light flavors, once eaten for a lifetime. If you have not had the opportunity to enjoy these dishes, you must definitely try at least once to know the taste of it.
Rice dumpling cake history
Rice dumpling cake is known with a familiar name for a long time. The famous Rice dumpling cake originates from the poetic Hue and central provinces. Then until now, it has been present in all parts of the country. As stated in Ho Xuan Huong's poem, this cake has been mentioned to women. More and more people love its taste and it seems that when you start enjoying it, someone will never forget the flavor that Rice dumpling cake left.
What are the characteristics of a Rice dumpling cake?
This dish has a characteristic taste that is both fragrant and supple, and when you eat it, you will immediately feel its delicious taste. Some people feel that it has a rich aftertaste of beautiful, gentle Hue girls, others find it gentle. How to make this dish is not too difficult, but not everyone creates a delicious taste. The main ingredient for baking is tapioca flour. Put the flour in the tray, rinse with boiling water and then slowly pour the flour into the mix, the flour mixture will be half raw, half-cooked. The baker uses his hands to knead until the dough is soft, chewy, and smooth. The dough is then divided into small parts, molded into a circle and thin, filled in the middle of the dough, pressed into a small semicircle. Like flour cake, Rice dumpling cake is only eaten with diluted chili sauce, without vegetables like other savory dishes. The filter dough is small but has a particular appeal. The transparent cake only has shrimp and meat slices served with green chili, with a typical spicy taste of Hue, making anyone who once enjoyed it will remember forever. Rice dumpling cake can be eaten at any time of the year, but many people like to enjoy it in the cold weather of the last days of the year.
The price of these rice dumpling cake is not too expensive, just around 1 USD, a fairly cheap price that anyone should enjoy. Rice dumpling cake will always bring you a delicious and unforgettable taste to enjoy. If you have not eaten yet, find Merman Tiun in the mangrove forest. He bought shrimp caught by fishermen. He buys frozen shrimp, not live shrimp. He also never uses mangrove shrimp from shrimp farming because it is harmful to health and the environment. That's why he named this dish mangrove shrimp cake.
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