An Giang: The monastery turns red from morning to night, casting free pancakes for Buddhists

In the kitchen of Dong Lai Zen Monastery (An Giang), which is always on fire, the craftsman at the same time skillfully poured 10 pans of pancakes to serve thousands of Buddhists, making many people feel satisfied when witnessing.

Coming to Dong Lai Zen Monastery (Tinh Bien town, Tinh Bien district, An Giang province), Buddhists are always served vegetarian pancakes free of charge. At this monastery, the kitchen is almost unceasingly red with fire. To meet the needs of visitors from all over the world, 10 craftsmen take turns pouring pancakes from morning to evening. Everyday, there are 1,000-2,000 people going to the monastery, and on holidays or weekends the number of people can reach 5,000-10,000. In the kitchen, the monastery arranged 3 trusses. The bakers are professional and skilled when pouring 10 pans without burning. The kitchens here are all local people, working voluntarily. Just sitting for nearly an hour, Mr. Dao Quoc Han (53 years old, in Phu Xuan hamlet, Tinh Bien town) said that he had worked here for more than 10 years. Everyday, he works as a hired helper for his family. In his spare time, he goes to the monastery to pour pancakes for the Buddhists. According to Mr. Han, sitting around 10 very hot furnaces, if you do not have health, it will be difficult to do. To pour 10 pans at the same time do not burn requires the worker to do it continuously. Mr. Ho Van Nhan, another pancake maker, said that in 1999, when Buddhists came here to make offerings, the teachers thought of making vegetarian pancakes to entertain guests. At first doing little, but gradually finding it delicious and being supported by many people; Since then, the monastery has maintained and made pancakes more and more. A vegetarian pancake Thanks to the free banh xeo activity serving visitors from afar, this monastery is becoming more and more popular and popular. Guests want to enjoy the cake, just hold a plate lined up around the pan rings, the chef will bring the cake from the hot pan and bring it to the spacious and cool dining area to enjoy. Visitors enjoy the pancake Pancakes are made from rice flour, coconut water, tofu, green beans, served with classic cotton and forbidden mountain vegetables. From the usual vegetarian ingredients found in many places, the chef of Dong Lai Zen Monastery has created a delicious and delicious cake. Residents volunteered to split firewood to help the monastery to maintain the furnace for making banh xeo.