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bánh In Vietnamese, the term ''bánh'' ( or , Chữ Nôm: 餅) translates loosely as "cake" or "bread", but refers to a wide variety of prepared foods that can easily be eaten by hands or chopsticks. With the addition of qualifying adjectives, ''b ...

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cakes, that consist of a parcel of a variety of rice stuffed with some fillings and wrapped in a leaf or leaves.

Varieties

Bánh bột lọc Bánh bột lọc is a small, clear-looking, chewy tapioca dumplings in Vietnamese cuisine that can be eaten as appetizers or small snacks. They are usually filled with shrimp and pork belly, often being topped with fried shallots and served wit ...

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cake packed with shrimp *

Bánh chưng ''Bánh chưng'' is a traditional Vietnamese food which is made from glutinous rice, mung beans, pork and other ingredients. Its origin is told by the legend of Lang Liêu, a prince of the last king of the Sixth Hùng Dynasty, who became the ...

* Bánh dừa – glutinous rice mixed with black bean paste cooked in coconut juice, wrapped in coconut leaf. The filling can be mung bean stir-fried in coconut juice or banana. * Bánh gai – made from the leaves of the ''gai'' tree ('' Boehmeria nivea'') dried, boiled, ground into small pieces, then mixed with glutinous rice, wrapped in banana leaf. The filling is made from a mixture of coconut, mung bean, peanuts, winter melon, sesames, and lotus seeds. * Bánh giầy – white, flat, round glutinous rice cake with tough, chewy texture filled with mung bean or served with Vietnamese sausage (

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) * Bánh giò – pyramid-shaped rice dough dumplings filled with pork, shallot, and

wood ear mushroom Wood-ear or tree ear (, Korean: 목이 버섯), also translated wood jellyfish or , can refer to a few similar-looking edible fungi used primarily in Chinese cuisine; these are commonly sold in Asian markets shredded and dried. * ''Auricularia he ...

wrapped in banana leaf * Bánh ít ** Bánh ít lá gai – triangular dumpling wrapped in

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leaf, similar to Chinese ''

zongzi ''Zongzi'' (; ), ''rouzong'' () or simply ''zong'' (Cantonese Jyutping: ''zung2'') is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves (generally of the species ''Indocalamus t ...

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Bánh khoái In Vietnamese, the term ''bánh'' ( or , Chữ Nôm: 餅) translates loosely as "cake" or "bread", but refers to a wide variety of prepared foods that can easily be eaten by hands or chopsticks. With the addition of qualifying adjectives, ''b ...

* Bánh nậm – flat rice-flour dumpling from Hue, wrapped in a banana leaf * Bánh nếp *

Bánh phu thê Bánh phu thê () or bánh xu xê, is a Vietnamese dessert made from rice with mung bean stuffing wrapped in a box made of pandan leaves. The dessert was traditionally given by a suitor but is now part of many wedding banquets.''World and Its P ...

– literally "husband and wife cake"; a sweet cake made of rice or tapioca flour and gelatin, filled with mung bean paste; also spelled ''bánh xu xê'') *

Bánh tẻ ''Bánh tẻ'' (literally "rice cakes" in Vietnamese; also called ''bánh răng bừa'') is a variety of small steamed rice cake in Vietnamese cuisine. It is a traditional variety of ''bánh'' from the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam ...

Bánh tét ''Bánh tét'' is a Vietnamese savoury but sometimes sweetened cake made primarily from glutinous rice, which is rolled in a banana leaf into a thick, log-like cylindrical shape, with a mung bean and pork filling, then boiled. After cooking, th ...

* Bánh tro and bánh ú used in the

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References

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