Vietnam Record: Specialty gifts, “Banh kho me Ba Lieu Me” (Da Nang)

Sesame cake is a typical culinary quintessence of Da Nang people, which can be taken away and stored for a long time. The craft village is located about 6 km south of the city center, with the typical brand as the Banh kho me Ba Lieu Me facility.

Poor village has available rice, sugar, sesame and sticky rice. The rice is washed clearly, drained, then put in a mortar and pounded into a fine powder. The rice flour is soaked in water and then put into the steamer to cook. While waiting for the pot of dough to cook, the cake maker splits bamboo, knits the lining, knits the cake frame with small squares with two fingers. The dough is just cooked and poured into the flat rack.

Remove the frame, small square pieces of dough are placed on the charcoal stove for the first time. The charcoal steam is just hot enough to bake slowly for a dry slice of cake on both sides, then it is placed on the charcoal stove for the second time to be crispy. The next thing is to cook the sugar until you use chopsticks to pull it into endless silk.

Use feet to peel off the sesame cover, roast it crispy, golden and fragrant. The sugar pot is placed on a warm coal stove, take each slice of white cake and dip it in the sugar, then quickly roll it over the sesame tray and put it right next to it. It’s a simple cake with popular ingredients but full of flavor by the heart of the baker.

For Quang Nam - Da Nang, sesame dry cake is an indispensable product in every family, especially on festive occasions, Lunar New Year, family’s business, especially on the anniversaries of grandparents and ancestors.

Today, the traditional profession of making sesame cakes is still being followed by children and people with famous brands. From a village product, sesame dry cake has a name in the market, registered ownership and has been present in many localities, many rural areas across the country and in the hands of overseas Vietnamese as a gift from home to foreign countries. Sesame dry cake has become a beautiful product that contributes to diversifying the delicate and profound folk cuisine of the land of Quang Nam - Da Nang and moreover those small cakes also keep the fire for a craft village forever. handed. Up to now Banh kho me Ba Lieu Me is famous everywhere, especially dry sesame cake is sold all over the confectionery shops in Da Nang city