''Bánh lá'' (/bǎɲ lǎ/), literally meaning "leaf cake", is a category of '' bánh'', or Vietnamese 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 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 (it can also be written as written as or ) is a Vietnamese traditional cake. is a white, flat, and round glutinous rice cake. They are wrapped in cut pieces of banana leaves. They are usually served with a type of Vietnamese sausage . can be ...

– white, flat, round glutinous rice cake with tough, chewy texture filled with mung bean or served with Vietnamese sausage ( giò lụa) * Bánh giò – pyramid-shaped rice dough dumplings filled with pork, shallot, and wood ear mushroom wrapped in banana leaf * Bánh ít ** Bánh ít lá gai – triangular dumpling wrapped in ramie leaf, similar to Chinese '' zongzi'' ** Bánh ít tro – used in the Dragon Boat Festival ( Vietnamese:

Tết Đoan Ngọ Tết Đoan Ngọ (Chữ Hán: 節端午), Tết Đoan Dương or Tết giết sâu bọ is the Vietnamese version of Chinese Duanwu festival (literally: Tết: festival, Đoan: the start/straight/middle/righteousness/just, Ngọ: at noon (from 11 ...

). * Bánh khoái * 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 The mung bean (''Vigna radiata''), alternatively known as the green gram, maash ( fa, ماش٫ )٫ mūng (), monggo, or munggo (Philippines), is a ...

– 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 Vietn ...

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, the ...

* Bánh tro and bánh ú used in the Dragon Boat Festival ( Vietnamese:

References

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