Traditional Vietnamese confectionary
In
Vietnamese
, the term
banh
(
Hanoi:
[?a?ŋ???]
or
Saigon:
[?an??]
,
Ch? Nom
: ?) translates loosely as "cake" or "bread", but refers to a wide variety of prepared foods that can easily be eaten by hands or
chopsticks
.
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With the addition of qualifying adjectives,
banh
refers to a wide variety of sweet or savory, distinct cakes, buns, pastries, sandwiches, and other food items, which may be cooked by steaming, baking, frying, deep-frying, or boiling. Foods made from
wheat flour
or
rice flour
are generally called
banh
, but the term may also refer to certain varieties of noodle and fish cake dishes, such as
banh canh
and
banh h?i
.
Each variety of
banh
is designated by a descriptive word or phrase that follows the word
banh
, such as
banh bo
(
lit.
'
cow cake
'
) or
banh chu?i
(
lit.
'
banana cake
'
).
Banh
that are wrapped in leaves before steaming are called
banh la
(
lit.
'
leaf cakes
'
).
In Vietnamese, the term
banh
is not limited to
Vietnamese cuisine
: it applies equally to items as varied as
fortune cookies
(
banh may m?n
),
pudding
(
banh pudding
,
banh putđinh
),
caramel custard
(
banh caramen
,
banh flan
),
sacramental bread
(
Banh Thanh
),
Hamburger
(
banh Hamburger
,
banh H?mb?g?
), etc.
In some cases, the word can also refer to inedibles that have a cake-like shape, such as wheels (
banh xe
), bath soaps (
banh xa phong, banh xa bong
), and compressed tobacco wheels (
banh thu?c lao
).
Varieties
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There is a nearly endless variety of named dishes with the prefix
banh
. What follows is a list of the most typical traditional varieties of
banh
.
Noodles
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Banh canh
soup
- Banh canh
? tapioca noodles which are cut from a large sheet.
- Banh h?i
? extremely thin noodles that are woven into intricate bundles and often topped with chopped scallions and a complementary meat dish
- Banh ph? ? The steamed flat and thin cake made from rice flour and water before being cut into strips. The strips are not only called Banh ph? but also "s?i ph?" or "c?ng ph?," and are noodles used in
ph?
. The width of the strips is usually around 1 cm or less.
Dumplings
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Banh t?
- Banh ba tr?ng or banh u ? the Vietnamese term for
zongzi
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- Banh bao
? ball-shaped bun filled with pork and/or other ingredients
- Banh b?t l?c
?
tapioca
cake packed with shrimp
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- Banh b?t l?c tr?n ? dumplings with wrappers made of tapioca starch
- Banh b?t l?c la ? tiny rice flour dumplings stuffed with shrimp and ground pork and wrapped in a banana leaf; from Hue
- Banh cam
? deep-fried glutinous rice sesame balls filled with sweetened mung bean paste; from southern Vietnam
- Banh it ? small stuffed glutinous rice flour balls
- Banh it d?a
? coconut stuffed glutinous rice flour balls
- Banh it tr?n ? "naked" small stuffed glutinous rice flour balls
- Banh khuc ? glutinous rice ball
- Banh n?m ? flat rice flour dumpling from Hue stuffed with minced pork and
wood ear
mushroom, and seasoned with black pepper and spices; wrapped in a banana leaf
- Banh phu the ? ({{lit|husband and wife cake"; a sweet cake made of rice or tapioca flour and gelatin, filled with mung bean paste; also spelled
banh xu xe
)
- Banh phu the b?t ban (husband and wife cakes made with tapioca pearls)
- Banh ran
? deep-fried glutinous rice sesame balls filled with sweetened mung bean paste; from northern Vietnam
- Banh t?
, small
steamed rice
cake wrapped with
La dong
leaves into a long, thin cylindrical shape, and boiled thoroughly.
Pancakes
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Banh xeo
- Banh beo
? small steamed savory rice cakes
- Banh c?n ? a southern specialty consisting of small pancakes made from rice batter cooked in small clay pans
- Banh đuc
, rice cake or corn cake is eaten as a dessert or savory meal
- Banh r?
? deep-fried pancake
- Banh kh?t ? a southern specialty consisting of small, fried rice flour pancakes
- Banh xeo
? a fried rice cake with shrimp and pork
- Banh b?t chien
? fried rice cakes with eggs
Rolls
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Banh cu?n
- Banh cu?n
? steamed rice roll
- Banh tom ? shrimp patties
- Banh tom H? Tay ? a shrimp patty made from deep fried julienned sweet potatoes ? specialty originating from the area around
West Lake
(
Tay Ho
), Hanoi
Rice paper
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Breads and sandwiches
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Banh mi
Sweet cakes
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Durian green leaf cake
Banh da l?n s?u rieng
Banh in nhan s?u rieng
Sweet Rice Flour, Mung Bean and Durian Cake
- Banh bo
? "cow cake," made from glutinous rice flour and coconut milk, with a honeycomb-like texture
- Banh Bo R? Tre (Steamed Rice Cakes, Vietnamese Bak Tong Koh)
- Banh Bo Khoai Lang (Sweet Potato Fatt Koh)
- Banh Bo La D?a ? Pandan Coconut "Bak Tong Koh
- Banh Bo Ma Lai ?
Hong Kong Style
Malaysian Steamed Sponge Cake
- Banh Bo N??ng ? Vietnamese Baked Honey Comb Cake
- Banh Bo N??ng Chay ? a vegetarian version of banh bo n??ng
- Banh cay
, rectangular-shaped sweet dessert made by roasting and grinding glutinous rice and other ingredients
- Banh da l?n
? colored steamed layer cake made from tapioca starch, rice flour, coconut milk and/or water, sugar, and other ingredients
- Banh đuc
? rice cake or corn cake eaten as a dessert or savory meal
- Banh chu?i
? banana cake
- Banh g?i
? a type of bread originating from Chinese fried dumpling
- Banh kh?o
? a sweet cake made from glutinous rice flour and sugar
- Banh kh?o s?a
? a sweet cake made from glutinous rice flour, sugar, and milk powder
- Banh khoai mi
? sweet cassava cake
- Banh khoai mon ? taro cake
- Banh tieu
? hollow donuts
- Banh trung thu
? mooncake
Dishes for special occasions
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A plate of
banh tet
, with
mung bean
paste filling
- Banh ch?ng
? square-shaped steamed glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in a
dong
leaf (
la dong
)
- Banh tet
? log-shaped cylindrical glutinous rice cake, wrapped in a banana leaf and filled with a meat or vegetarian filling
- Banh troi
photo
(
lit.
'
floating rice cake
'
) ? served together with
banh chay
- Banh t? ? a round, golden/taupe colored, sticky cake served for new years. It's made of glutinous rice flour, sugar, water, and soybean oil. Like the Chinese new year cake,
nian gao
, the banh t? is cut into thin slices then dipped in egg and fried before serving. This is an uncommon pastry and it is said the shape represents a wheel. It is sometimes decorated with white sesame seeds and red food coloring. (cf.
kue keranjang
in Indonesia)
- Banh bac ? a round, origin
Hoai đ?c
district,
Hanoi
Others
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- Banh bong lan
, called
banh gato
in northern Vietnam ? sponge cake
- Banh Bong Lan B? ? Fruit/Butter Cake
- Banh Bong Lan Cu?n ?
Swiss Roll
- Banh Bong Lan Phu S? ? Mountain Fuji Cake
- Banh Bong Lan R? Tre ? Honeycomb Sponge Cake
- Banh chay ? served together with
banh troi
- Banh c?m
? green rice cake made using
c?m
with
mung bean
filling
- Banh cu?n
- Banh cay
- Banh c?n
- Banh đa (Northern) or Banh trang n??ng (Southern)- rice cracker
- Banh đ?u xanh
? sweet
mung bean
paste
- Banh d?a
- Banh gai ? made from the leaves of the "gai" tree (
Boehmeria nivea
) dried, boiled, ground into small pieces, then mixed with glutinous rice, wrapped in banana leaf. The filling is made from a mixture of coconut, mung bean, peanuts, winter melon, sesame, and lotus seeds.
- Banh gi?y
, also written as
banh d?y
? white, flat, round glutinous rice cake with tough, chewy texture filled with mung bean or served with Vietnamese sausage (
Gio l?a
)
- Banh gio ? pyramid shaped rice dough dumplings filled with pork, shallot, and
wood ear mushroom
wrapped in banana leaf
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- Banh hoa h?ng
photo
? rice cake that is shaped like a
flower
and made with
mung bean
paste
- Banh k?p ? Vietnamese waffle cookies made from rice flour, like a
Pizzelle
- Banh m?t
? Molasses-sweetened glutinous rice cake ? filled with green bean paste or groundnut
- Banh la d?a ? Cake wrapped in coconut leaf
- Banh ph?ng tom
? prawn crackers
- Banh ph?c linh ? cookies made from tapioca flour, coconut milk, and sugar
- Che lam Ph? Qu?ng
- Banh qu?
- Banh trang me
- Banh ba lai hoa h?ng
- Banh x?p b?t g?o
- Banh x?p b?t loc
- Banh beo ng?t
- Banh beo nhan tom th?t
- Banh beo xiem
- Banh t?m bi
- Banh bao ca de ? Coconut Custard Bao
- Banh pia
? a
Teochew
Pastry
- Banh Chu?i H?p ? Steamed Banana Cake
- Banh Chu?i N??ng ? Baked Banana Bread Pudding
- Banh C?m ? Rice Flake Cakes
- Banh đ?p ? Rice crackers stuck together
- Banh D?o ? Vietnamese Ping Pei Mooncakes
- Banh D?o Cu?n ? Ping Pei Rolls
- Banh Flan ?
creme caramel
- Banh Gan ? "Liver" Cake
- Banh H?nh Nhan ? Vietnamese Almond/Peanut Cookies
- Banh Hoa Mai/Hoa đao ? Cherry/Plum Blossom Cookies
- Banh Hoa Sen ? Lotus Pastries
- Banh in
? Print Cakes
- Banh Men ? Yeast Cookies
- Banh Quai V?c ? Coconut/Mung Bean Puffs
- Banh Qu?/Banh K?p ? Vietnamese Love Letters
- Banh Sat Phu ? Husband Killers
- Banh Thu?n H?p ? Steamed Cup Cakes
- Banh U N??c Tro ? Lye Water Dumplings
- Banh Bao N??ng Nhan Xa Xiu ? baked char siu bao
- Bao Ng? Xao N?m đong Co ? Braised Shitake Mushrooms with Abalone
- Banh Hoa H?ng ? Rose Dumplings
- Banh Khoai Mon Tan Ong ?
Dim sum
Taro Puffs
- Banh Mi Chien ? Fried Baguettes
- Banh Mi H?p ? Steamed Baguettes
- Banh pate so
? A French-inspired meat-filled pastry. Characterized by flaky crust and either pork or chicken as the filling.
- Banh Ph?ng Tom ? Shrimp Crackers/Chips
- Banh troi n??c
See also
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References
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External links
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Banh
.
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banh
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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