Bánh mật is a Vietnamese dessert. It is made from
molasses
Molasses () is a viscous byproduct, principally obtained from the refining of sugarcane or sugar beet juice into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, the method of extraction, and the age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is usuall ...
-sweetened glutinous
rice cake
A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten. Common variations include ...
, sometimes filled with
green bean
Green beans are young, unripe fruits of various cultivars of the common bean ('' Phaseolus vulgaris''), although immature or young pods of the runner bean ('' Phaseolus coccineus''), yardlong bean ( ''Vigna unguiculata'' subsp. ''sesquipedali ...
.
See also
* Bánh mặt trăng moon-shaped cakes are eaten at the feast of
Quân Am.
[Joseph Nguyen Huy Lai ''La tradition religieuse, spirituelle et sociale au Vietnam'' Page 95
1981 ".. à qui les parents offrent des gâteaux, appelés Gâteaux de la Lune (Banh Mat Trang), des lanternes, des tambours et"]
*
List of desserts
A dessert is typically the sweet Course (food), course that, after the entrée and main course, concludes a meal in the culture of many countries, particularly western world, Western culture. The course usually consists of sweet foods, but may ...
References
Vietnamese rice dishes
Vietnamese desserts
Rice cakes
Bánh
Stuffed desserts
Legume desserts
Molasses
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