Dong Quan rice cake – a charming old taste of the Kinh Bac region

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The pure white cakes dotted with peanuts, fatty coconut fibers make diners not crave when they remember, coming to Bac Giang, people often find each other to eat with Dong Quan cake to satisfy their nostalgia for an old taste old has never faded away in the subconscious. 

Traveling to Bac Giang next to Banh Canh , Luc Ngan Thieu lychee, and egg sticky rice, Dong Quan rice cake is one of the dishes that cannot be ignored. The cast-made cake that has been passed down for generations in Dong Quan village has always been a dish that fascinated Bac Giang people and visitors from all over the world because of its very attractive taste, the taste of the cake as lingering. in the mind of the person who is enjoying it, not just a delicious food of the time, it is lost. 

Dong Quan casting cakeDong Quan cake is a very special folk dish of Bac Giang. Photo: Lusxtay

Come to Bac Giang to eat Dong Quan rice cake, satisfied with the nostalgia of an old taste

The cake is a familiar dish to any Vietnamese people because this dish appears in all regions and each place will have its own way of processing. However,  Dong Quan cast cakes in Bac Giang are always deeply imprinted not only by the taste but also by the special way of enjoying. 

The rustic cake is not picky in the way of processing 

Dong Quan rice cake is made very simply, with no elaborate recipes or requiring complicated ingredients. The main ingredients that make this dish are delicious rice flour, lime juice, roasted peanuts … 

Dong Quan casting cake This cake is made from two main ingredients: rice and clear lime water. Photo: Yan

The non-glutinous rice used for making Dong Quan cake will be soaked for 3 days, and each day, new water must be changed until the rice grain becomes crushed when lightly squeezed to be able to be ground into flour.

Lime juice to make cakes also needs to go through a preliminary process by baking lime lumps, then mix with decanter water to get the clear water and mix with ground rice flour. 

Dong Quan casting cake The rice is soaked for 3 days and then ground into water powder. Photo: tuoitre

The most important part of baking is cooking and stirring. Before cooking, one must prepare a large pot that has been coated with grease, then pour rice flour mixed with lime water in. Next, put the pot on the stove to set medium heat and stirring with a large pair of chopsticks repeatedly so that the dough does not clump, become dull or close to the pot. 

Dong Quan casting cake Stir the dough over medium heat until the dough thickens. Photo: Yan

The time to stir the cake depends on the taste of the maker, with many years of experience, people will know when to stir the cake until it is possible to cover, turn off the fire and braise the cake on the stove. When the cake is almost ready, add the roasted peanuts and the thinly rubbed coconut and beat it until the dough is round, lift the chopsticks to see that the cake is flowing.

Dong Quan casting cake Pull out the cake until it cools, then break it into pieces or slice to enjoy it. Photo: @ tongklinh079

The cooked Dong Quan cake is poured out, lined with fresh banana leaves, and then put in small bowls. When breaking a piece of non-stick cake, you can enjoy it. 

The special taste you eat will remember forever 

Dong Quan rice cake is not a rare delicacy that is difficult to find, but the taste of this dish is so special that even in the distance, people have to try to find it to enjoy their nostalgia. 

Dong Quan casting cake The taste of the Dong Quan casting cake makes many people fall in love. Photo: @tumipp

The pure white round cakes, dotted with coconut fibers, greasy roasted peanuts make you crave and want to enjoy immediately.

You can eat Dong Quan rice cakes with many things, from honey, crab soup to shrimp paste. But for the Dong Quan people, the cakes cast here are only the best when dipped with poor sauce, a specialty is also very famous. 

Dong Quan casting cakeDong Quan casting cake can be dipped with many dishes, but the best one is still dipping with poor sauce. Photo: wikiohana

Dab a piece of white molded cake with ketchup to your mouth, you will immediately feel the sweetness of the rice, the coolness of the cake, the lightness of lime and the fat of peanuts, all blended with the flavor. The salty sauce of the ketchup makes you unable to resist the temptation.

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The taste of the Dong Quan cast- in cake is the nostalgia, the thing that many Dong Quan children from abroad always remember when thinking about their ancestral homeland. The cake is also a dish of reunion and reunion with the people here. 

Dong Quan casting cakeFor the Dong Quan people, the cake is the childhood flavor. Photo: @ _to.he98

Especially, many visitors, after having a chance to taste the Dong Quan cake , must nod to acknowledge that this is worthy of one of the famous delicacies of Bac Giang cuisine and becomes one of the favorite things. foot of tourists, when coming to this land of Beijing, this was a golden age. 

Where to enjoy Dong Quan rice cake?

Dish Dong Quan rice cake is a famous specialty of information Dong Quan Dong Son commune, Bac Giang City (Bac Giang) so if you want to enjoy the full flavor characteristics as well as learn more about this dish, you can look visit Dong Quan village to enjoy. 

Dong Quan casting cake Dong Quan village, the cradle of the famous cast-in cake in Bac Giang. Photo: FB Bac Giang Dear

In addition, you can visit Bong Bap shop at Cau Chui market, Tran Nguyen Han ward, city. Bac Giang, the cake cast here is said to be very delicious, the cake is full, the filling is just right, this shop is a familiar address of the local people.

The shop is open in the evening every day. If you want to combine local culture with other dishes, you can visit Thuong market at Ly Thai To Street, Tran Phu Ward, City. Bac Giang. 

Dong Quan casting cakeIn Bac Giang, there are also many delicious molded cake shops. Photo: @ lagi103

Traveling to Bac Giang and enjoying Dong Quan rice cake is a great culinary experience that visitors should not miss. In the midst of the hustle and bustle of life with so many strange and delicious dishes, in a certain corner of your soul, you will always want to find the dishes that are rich for the old country to enjoy and remember. 

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