Vietnamese people prepare "banh troi" and "banh chay" (white sticky rice balls) to offer the Buddha and ancestors on the "Han Thuc" (Cold Food) Festival which falls on the third of the lunar March.
![]() The main ingredients to make banh troi and banh chay consist of glutinous rice flour, brown sugar, steamed green bean paste and tapioca. Although they all are made from rice batter, their stuffing is rather different. The stuffing of 'banh troi' is a piece of dark brown sugar and that of 'banh chay' is steamed green bean paste mixed with sugar and coconut. |
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