The Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day is approaching, this is a traditional holiday of the Vietnamese people, during this time everyone usually gathers to enjoy delicious dishes. Let’s take a look at the compilation of easy-to-make offerings for the Commemoration Day that you shouldn’t miss, and let’s get cooking and refer to it!
1 Chung Cake
Chung cake is a traditional dish that has existed since ancient times and is still considered a symbol of the Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary. This dish represents the harmony of heaven and earth and is a long-standing cultural feature of our nation.
Chung cake symbolizes the Earth, and a standard chung cake has a square, beautiful shape, with a filling of fatty pork and mung beans that are rich and fragrant. The outside is made of sticky rice grains that are firm and chewy, making it very appetizing.
2 Giầy Cake
When mentioning dishes on the offering tray for the Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary, the giầy cake cannot be missed. The round giầy cake symbolizes Heaven, and its pure white color is made from finely crushed sticky rice, making it very eye-catching.
When eating, you cut a piece of Vietnamese pork sausage and place it between two pieces of giầy cake. The cake is soft and chewy, with the fragrant aroma from the sticky rice combined with the fatty taste of the pork sausage, making you want to eat a second piece after the first.
3 Gấc Sticky Rice
A plate of hot gấc sticky rice, chewy and fragrant with the aroma of sticky rice and gấc mixed together. The orange-red color of gấc sticky rice looks very eye-catching and will add a rich and attractive color to your family’s offering tray.
4 Sticky Rice
One dish that TasteVN wants to introduce to you on the offering tray for the Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary is sticky rice.
Although sticky rice is very simple to cook, the finished product is very soft, chewy, and has a fragrant aroma from pandan leaves that is extremely enticing. This is one of the indispensable dishes on the offering tray for the death anniversary.
5 Boiled Chicken
Boiled chicken is a very familiar and popular dish, but it is also a dish with a long-standing characteristic in the offering tray on the anniversary day.
A standard boiled chicken has slightly yellowish, shiny, and crispy skin, while the meat is tender, juicy, and very sweet without being dry.
You can boil the chicken in the usual way or use a rice cooker to save time!
6 Boiled Pig’s Head
Alongside boiled chicken, boiled pig’s head is also an important dish in the offering tray on the Anniversary Day.
The pig’s head symbolizes abundance, reproduction, many children and grandchildren, and a life of leisure and prosperity, which is why boiled pig’s head is always included in the important offering tray.
7 Oản Cake
Oản cake, also known as co cake, and in some places referred to as in cake, is a cake dish that has long been associated with the culinary culture of the Vietnamese people.
The pyramid-shaped oản cakes are very eye-catching with colors of green, red, purple, and yellow, having a sweet, fragrant, and delicious flavor, making them an indispensable treat on the offering tray during the anniversary day.
8 Khảo Cake
Khảo cake is also a characteristic dish that cannot be missed during festive occasions, especially during Tet and the anniversary day.
The cake has a white color with a golden filling that looks very appetizing; when tasted, you will experience the sweet flavor of the cake mixed with a bit of the nutty taste of peanuts, sesame, and the rich flavor of pig fat.
9 Green Sticky Rice Cake
For a long time, green sticky rice cake has become a famous specialty of Hanoi, indispensable in weddings, death anniversaries, and a popular gift for tourists visiting Vietnam.
The cake has a bright green color that is very eye-catching, with a fragrant outer layer that has the characteristic scent of green sticky rice and a sweet mung bean filling, making it unforgettable for those who taste it.
10 Fruits
Besides the characteristic dishes and cakes, fruits are also indispensable on the offering tray during the death anniversary.
You should choose seasonal fruits of different colors corresponding to the five elements: Metal – Wood – Water – Fire – Earth, symbolizing the wish for five blessings: “Wealth, luxury, longevity, health, and peace.”
11 Betel and Areca Nut
“A piece of betel is the beginning of the story,” the tradition of eating betel and areca nut since ancient times is a beautiful cultural tradition of the Vietnamese people, becoming a beautiful way of life.
Even today, betel and areca nut are still indispensable in weddings, Lunar New Year, and death anniversary celebrations to express respect and remembrance for ancestors and roots.
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Through this article, TasteVN has suggested a compiled list of dishes for the offering tray for Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day that is delicious, appealing, and easy to make to treat the whole family. Wishing you a fulfilling Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day with family and friends!
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