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Old 08-22-2012, 02:51 AM
 
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A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten, and are particularly prevalent in Asia. Common variations include cakes made with rice flour, those made from ground rice, and those made from whole grains of rice compressed together or combined with some other binding substance.
"Banh beo" is a variety of small steamed rice cake or rice pancake typically featuring a dimple in the center, which is filled with savory ingredients including chopped dried or fresh shrimp, scallions, mung bean paste, crispy fried shallots, fish sauce, rice vinegar, and oil.

Bánh bò is a sweet, chewy sponge cake made from rice flour, water, sugar, and yeast.

"Banh duc" is a cake made from non-glutinous rice flour (although corn flour is also used in northern Vietnam). In the north it is typically garnished with savory ingredients such as ground pork, tôm chấy (grilled ground shrimp), fried onions, sesame seeds, salt, peanuts, lime juice, and soy sauce or fish sauce. In the south, it is served as a dessert, and takes the form of gelatinous blocks that are often colored green by the addition of Pandanus amaryllifolius leaf extract. It is cooked by boiling the ingredients and allowing them to cool, solidifying into a jelly-like sheetphoto that is then cut into blocks.
"Banh chung" is made from glutinous rice, mung bean, pork and other ingredients. Bánh tét is much the same but cut in a circular form, and consumed in celebration of the Lunar New Year.
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Old 08-22-2012, 04:21 PM
 
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When you say "rice cakes", it can apply up to as many as 30 different kinds of cakes. The "rice cakes" I had in mine looked more like mochi. There's also another variant that looks like Rice Krispy.
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Old 08-22-2012, 04:46 PM
 
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Ir seems delicious
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:17 PM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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I keep saying it, anything with rice is great. Rice cakes rule. Mochi rules!!!!!
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