Day Cake is a popular type of cake that can be found all over Vietnam, but the Day Cake called “Pau Plau” in Lao Cai is a quite unique dish. It is made solely of rice, but its deliciousness has been tested and acknowledged by many travelers who have been to Lao Cai.
The
rice is soaked with water for approximately 2 hours; it is then poured into a
basket to dry out water. Next, it is steamed to make glutinous rice. When
finished, the glutinous rice is grinded. This is an especially demanding
process as the cook has to grind and apply oil into the mixture of glutinous
rice at the same time. After the glutinous rice reaches the certain degree of
stickiness, it is cut into smaller pieces and can be eaten right away!
Day
Cake can be preserved for about one week. If you want to make it last longer,
you have to press the cakes so that they become flatter and apply dry rice
powder around them. When eating, you can heat them again or put them into
boiling pan and fry until they get the yellow yummy color. Banh Day is a tasty
dish, but it would be ever more delicious if you eat it with sugar. You will
then realize that each bite of the soft “Pau Plau” Day Cake has the typical
scent and taste of a mountainous land.
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