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Luc Ngan Steamed Cake - Bac Giang | Famous specialty of Bac Giang province

If we have the opportunity to go to the mountainous area of ​​Luc Ngan district in Bac Giang province, where many ethnic minorities live, we will enjoy a variety of attractive specialties, including dishes.   Unique Hut Luc Ngan cake .

Banh Thuot Luc Ngan  is as rustic and simple as its name. The cake is made from ingredients of the countryside such as spicy vegetables, sticky rice, and molasses. Spicy vegetables are washed, pounded to get water, then kneaded with glutinous rice, then dropped into a frying pan with oil. After the frying process is completed, the baker takes it out and immediately puts it in the pot of molasses, the molasses sucking ball puffs up and looks very nice.

Summary of all Bac Giang specialties: Luc Ngan Bac Giang smoked cake - VietFlavour

The sweetness of molasses blends with the fatty flavor of glutinous rice to create a unique flavor of  Luc Ngan Hut cake . Usually, people in Luc Ngan only make cakes on New Year’s Day to receive guests and give gifts to relatives. And if we understand the meaning of this cake, we will feel its delicious taste even more because the cake is like a trust that covers the shell, although thin but never lets the honey flow out.

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