Pink cake, a specialty of the land of Binh Dinh, looks similar to lam tea, but when enjoyed, it has a special delicious taste.
Vietnamese cuisine is very rich and diverse, not only because it is bestowed by nature with a variety of food ingredients but also thanks to the creativity of the people.
Like the special dish below, even if it is only from very familiar things, but through the skillful hands and sophisticated methods of the people of Binh Dinh martial land, it has become a famous and attractive specialty cake. how many people.
Pink cake is a traditional dish of the land of Binh Dinh, the ingredients to make this famous cake are only glutinous rice, coconut and granulated sugar, very simple, very simple, yet delicious when enjoyed. position.
People soak glutinous rice until soft and then grind it into a powder, drain all the water and put it on a tray, wait to dry and then boil it. Boiling pink cake is also a stage that requires ingenuity to make the cake just cooked. If the dough is raw, the cake will be mushy, and if it is overcooked, it will easily bleed and be difficult in the next step.
After that, people put boiled flour and the sugar pot is boiling, for every 1kg of rice, 1kg of sugar will be used. This stage requires a lot of patience, beating the flour and sugar together, the fire is still simmering.
In Binh Dinh, there are many areas where pink cake is made. But only the pink cake of Tam Quan town is considered the most special because it is made from Ngu glutinous rice which is famous for its aroma and flexibility.
Despite the name pink cake, the truth is that the cake is only white from the inside to the outside. The large plate, about 2-3 cm thick, is flexible, so it is not easy to cut into the right diamond shape. When slicing, the cake reveals an opaque white flesh that is not very smooth but has holes in it.
Binh Dinh’s pink cake has a very simple and rustic appearance, but inside contains many meanings, the cake symbolizes joy and happiness. The saying “when will you give me pink cake” means when you will get married.