Cuisines of Bac Ninh - Kinh Bac (part 3)

27/04/2017 10:02
Caries the aromatic smell of steamed glutinous rice, tasty taste of green soy, typical taste of cudweed, all appear in a crunchy cover of powder.

 

Khuc vegetable has appearance like weeds with silvery green leaves; cover a white powder above the surface of leaves. To make the cakes have the feature of Khuc vegetable, the tree was chosen to small, thick and flowering. There are somewhere dried Khuc leaves, minced it to use at the end of the season; however, dried Khuc leaves are more fragrant than fresh Khuc vegetable.

Now is season of Khuc vegetable, so if you visit Diem village, you can be enjoyed hot and fragrant Khuc cake of Diem Village. The process of making a Khuc cake does not take too much time so when guests come here, Diem villagers just start to make cake.

After picking Khuc vegetable is washed, chopped and boiled, leave the water, just take the vegetables cooked. Then bring the crushed with rice flour to make the crust. The reason people in Diem village uses this kind of rice because it is enough adhesion and not too flexible. From two colors white and green of power and Khuc vegetable, under the beat of pounding turn into a smooth green power lightly.

The core of Khuc cake of Diem village has many similarities to Chung cake like crushed green beans steamed, fragrant pepper and finely chopped bacon, except for a little more mixed greaves chopped green beans to increase greasy taste when eating. The stage is most exciting for visitor perhaps participating molded cake. You will be the sisters here guided taking a small powder, spreading out and laminating, and then pick stuffing in the middle, kneading into round or elephant ears which are up to you. Whether you knead cake by somehow, the most important is to thin crust and are not exposed stuffing of cake.

After kneading, cake is put on tray, then put it in boiling water, if this time can sprinkle thoroughly soaked glutinous rice layer into outer layer cake shirt. However, Khuc cake of Diem village invites guest to play are steamed that is not to see the dark green mantle which is the feature of Khuc vegetable.

Enjoying the cake while it is still hot is the most delicious moment. This time the crust steaming, guests are blowing and taste to feel the aroma, fleshy leaves of Khuc leaves and fat of bean plus meat stuffing. Khuc cake seems to be the perfect combination of the characteristics of the village, brings a unique flavor, appealing not easily mix.