The art of making Banh Tet La Cam
Banh Tet La Cam is the traditional violet sticky rice cake of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. Let's take a tour to see how it is made.
Ripe bananas are mixed with other ingredients for Banh Tet La Cam to add special flavour to the cake |
Sticky rice is mixed with violet tree leaves to make the colour effect. |
A man grinds green beans with bananas and salted egg yolks to stuff the cakes. |
Wrapping the cakes |
Huynh Thi Trong, 87, has made the sticky rice cake for many years and passed the technical know-how to her family members. |
Time to boil the cake. |
Slices of a Banh Tet La Cam |