Bánh lá

Bánh lá
A plate of cooked bánh tẻ, wrapped with Phrynium placentarium leaves, before being unwrapped for eating
Type Bánh or dumpling
Place of origin Vietnam
Main ingredients Rice
A bánh ít wrapped in banana leaf

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 - cassava cake packed with shrimp[1]
  • 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 - 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[2]
  • Bánh ít
  • Bánh khoái
  • Bánh nậm - flat rice flour dumpling from Hue, wrapped in a banana leaf
  • Bánh nếp
  • Bánh phu thê - 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 tét
  • Bánh tro and bánh ú used in the Dragon Boat Festival (Vietnamese: Tết Đoan Ngọ).

References

  1. ↑ "Hue Dictionary". NetCoDo. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Mom's Recipes: Bánh Giò". Miss.Adventure @Home. Retrieved 21 September 2010.


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