Sticky rice cake is an essential dish in the meal trays during Tet holidays. To make the preparation and wrapping of sticky rice cakes easier and more convenient for you, let’s take a look at 15 types of incredibly chewy and delicious sticky rice cakes with the cooking section Into the Kitchen of TasteVN.
1 Traditional Pandan Sticky Rice Cake
No matter how enamored you are with modern versions of sticky rice cakes during Tet, the one that still wins the hearts of Vietnamese people is the traditional pandan sticky rice cake.
The vibrant green color of the sticky rice combined with the fragrant scent of pandan leaves, and the creamy taste of the mung bean filling mixed with the delicious fat of pork belly are flavors you cannot forget.
This dish, when enjoyed with braised pork and pickled shallots, is simply outstanding!
2 Banana Sticky Rice Cake
Banana sticky rice cake is perhaps an essential dish for families in the Mekong Delta during Tet. The sweet flavor of ripe banana blends with the aromatic, chewy sticky rice and the rich taste of coconut milk, creating a delightful experience for those who try it.
The deep red color of the banana nestled in the green sticky rice brings good luck and fortune to your family at the beginning of the year. Quickly take a look at this recipe and make it for your family to enjoy!
3 Multicolored Sticky Rice Cake
Why not try wrapping a few beautiful sticky rice cakes to welcome a bright and joyful new year? The sticky rice is a combination of various natural colors, such as the red of gac fruit, the purple hue of butterfly pea flowers, and the green from pandan leaves. Not to mention the bright yellow of the creamy mung bean filling.
With such a beautiful appearance and delicious taste, everyone would want to give it a try. Although it may seem intricate, the method is not challenging at all. Click on the guide below to showcase your skills this Tet!
4 Salted Egg Sticky Rice Cake
This sticky rice cake is made especially for those who are fans of salted eggs. Each piece of fatty, fragrant salted egg, with its salty flavor, blends perfectly with the soft, smooth mung bean filling, combined with the fragrant sticky rice and fatty pork belly with the aroma of pepper and shallots that will make you want to eat it endlessly. Click below to see the detailed recipe to treat your family.
5 Salted Egg Sticky Rice Cake with Braised Pork and Peanuts
Another sticky rice cake for those in the salted egg team. The filling is quite unique, combining the fragrant braised pork, soft boiled peanuts, and rich salted egg yolk. The sticky rice has been steamed beforehand, so it cooks quickly when boiled.
The wrapping process is very quick and easy, perfect for those new to the kitchen. Take a look at the recipe below to successfully make it.
6 Purple Sticky Rice Cake
Salted Duck Egg Purple Sticky Rice Cake
The purple sticky rice cake is a harmonious combination of the dreamy purple color of black sticky rice and the bright orange filling from salted duck egg yolk, along with the bright yellow of mung beans. It looks beautiful and tastes heavenly, with the fragrant sticky rice, mung beans, and rich salted eggs melting in your mouth.
Try the recipe below to showcase your skills.
Vegetarian Purple Sticky Rice Cake with Mung Bean Filling
Try modifying the sticky rice cake by adding some kidney beans or red beans in the sticky rice cake recipe. This sticky rice cake, in addition to the fragrant sticky rice, also incorporates the rich taste of mung beans and kidney beans, making it very appealing.
This is a quite new type of sticky rice cake to enrich your family’s Tet menu and add warmth. Let’s follow the detailed guide below to enjoy it with your beloved family.
7 Vegetarian Coconut Sticky Rice Cake
Vegetarian coconut sticky rice cake is a filling-free cake, perfect for those who enjoy sticky rice without any additional fillings. The sticky rice is very chewy and fragrant with the rich flavor of coconut milk, along with the nutty taste of black mung beans.
Not to mention, when you bite into the shredded coconut, it adds a delightful crunch. Even though it’s a vegetarian dish, this coconut sticky rice cake is just as delicious as its savory counterpart.
8 Vegetarian Sticky Rice Cake with Mushroom Filling
To make the filling of the vegetarian sticky rice cake more flavorful and unique, why not try adding ingredients like oyster mushroom sausage, wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, sliced vegetarian pork, taro, etc.?
Alongside the soft and sticky rice, the chewy and crunchy filling adds a highlight to the vegetarian sticky rice cake, making it even more perfect. This Tết, try making this dish in the kitchen!
9 Ash Water Sticky Rice Cake
Unlike traditional sticky rice cake, ash water sticky rice cake uses a special ingredient, which is ash water, so once it’s completed, it will have a distinctive dark blue-brown color along with a unique and rich flavor.
A well-made ash water sticky rice cake is chewy and fragrant with a layer of sticky rice on the outside, while the soft and smooth mung bean filling, combined with the sweet richness of coconut milk, is extremely delicious.
10 Green Sticky Rice Cake
The next suggestion is a unique and simple way to make sticky rice cake, yet the flavor is incredibly delicious. In this suggestion, let’s introduce the delicious and attractive green sticky rice cake to treat your family!
Green sticky rice cake is a harmonious combination of soft and chewy green sticky rice, rich coconut filling, and sweet mung beans that will surely make you fall in love!
11 Sweet stuffed bánh tét
If you are tired of greasy dishes like traditional bánh tét during Tet, then try a change with the sweet stuffed bánh tét below!
The finished bánh has an attractive color, with the sticky rice and black beans evenly expanded, chewy and fragrant, while the green bean filling inside is sweet and smooth, not at all dry, extremely delicious.
12 Three-color bánh tét
The three-color bánh tét is a sophisticated type of bánh tét with yellow from green beans, pinkish-purple from butterfly pea flowers, and green from banana leaves or pandan leaves. For this dish, the sticky rice is divided into three different parts and then steamed before carefully arranging and wrapping so that the grains do not mix together.
This beautiful three-color bánh tét is a perfect choice for you to offer to your ancestors or treat your relatives and friends during this Tet!
13 Cashew nut bánh tét
Cashew nut bánh tét is a unique dish with a delicious flavor that is sure to enchant even the most discerning diners. Let’s head to the kitchen and make the rich, fragrant cashew nut bánh tét easily!
This dish becomes even more flavorful when eaten with pickled radish!
14 Character bánh tét
In addition to being delicious, the presentation and decoration of Tet dishes are also highly emphasized with the hope of bringing luck and prosperity throughout the year. One of those dishes is the character bánh tét, a famous dish from the southwestern provinces.
This bánh is suitable for offering to ancestors during Tet holidays to pray for luck and peace!
15 Gac Banh Tet
The final suggestion in today’s article is the simple, easy-to-make, and incredibly delicious Gac Banh Tet.
The Gac Banh Tet, once completed, has a fragrant smell with a bright orange color from the gac, and the sticky rice is evenly cooked and fragrant. With this dish, you can choose the filling that your family likes, such as mung bean filling, banana filling, lotus seed filling, or coconut filling!
Above are 15 ways to make various types of Banh Tet that are sticky, fragrant, and visually appealing for you to showcase your skills. Wishing you success in your endeavors and a prosperous, happy Tet season.
