Vietnamese couple cake (Bánh phu thê)

introduce

Husband and wife cake (Vietnamese: Bánh phu thê, Nom: Bánh phu thê) is a traditional Vietnamese food. The surface is green jelly-like (taibai powder), the inside is mung bean filling, and is wrapped in a box shape with horse chestnut leaves. Or use bamboo leaves to make a small box to hold the couple's cake. Some of the fillings are some shredded coconut, which gives it a chewy texture, but it only has a shelf life of one week. In Vietnamese tradition, husband and wife cake is one of the gifts provided by the groom's family during the wedding ceremony, but now Vietnamese people also use it at weddings.

Gourmet features

The first impression of the couple's cake is the green Polygonatum leaves with strong rural characteristics, and the red threads wrapped like the red rope of love. In the northern region, this is an indispensable item when people hold weddings or banquets.

The main raw materials of husband and wife cake include glutinous rice flour, mung beans, green papaya puree and white sugar. The raw materials are simple and not difficult to find, but it is not easy to make sweet and delicious couple cakes. Every process from raw material preparation to cooking requires the artist's care and patience.

Not only does it have a crispy and eye-catching crust, but the filling of the couple cake also has a perfect combination of mung beans, green papaya and sugar, giving this cake a unique and unforgettable taste. According to the traditional method, the couple's cake is wrapped with two kinds of leaves. The inside is anti-stick banana leaves, and the outside is coconut leaves or polygonatum leaves.