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Korean Lunar New Year 2021: Another season of floating cakes, creative vegetarian cakes

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No matter where anyone goes, where, on the 3rd of March of the lunar calendar, they try to go back to their family to sit together at the family reunion tray.
The annual Korean New Year (March 3 of the lunar calendar) is derived from a Chinese legend. “Han Zhi” means “cold food”. On this day, people conceive not to use fire and eat cold vegetarian foods such as floating cakes, vegetarian cakes.

Although originating from China, the real Korean New Year of the Vietnamese still has its own nuances. This is an opportunity for Vietnamese people to turn to their roots, to commemorate their ancestors’ grace and virtue. On this day, Vietnamese people do not abstain from fire, and still cook normally. Especially, Vietnamese people also create floating cakes, vegetarian cakes, which are cold foods symbolizing the real Korean New Year. In addition to floating cakes and vegetarian cakes, families can also buy more fruit and other fruit cakes. After presenting the ceremony to the altar, families often burn incense and pray to the first family according to the Han Thuc Tet Ceremony which has been handed down from ancient times to present.

Floating cake, vegetarian cake shaped cartoon characters.

Come to the appointment again, before and during the Korean New Year, the housewives again show their talents of cooking floating cakes and vegetarian cakes. In recent years, this cake has also had many variations. In addition to the traditional cakes made from glutinous rice flour, rice flour filled with sugar, many housewives also show their talents to color the cakes from natural ingredients such as red made from Gac, purple made from pea flowers, color. Light green from pandan leaves, red from beetroot … The filling is not only a traditional circle, but also has all sorts of interesting shapes such as dogs, cats, bears, flowers, watermelon … This is also an opportunity to the whole family gathered, gathered, the children were happy to enjoy the delicious cake their mother made.

Ms. Ngoc, a housewife in Hanoi revealed how to make delicious and delicious vegetarian cakes: “When I was a child, every time I wanted to eat floating cakes, my mother had to grind the flour and put it in a cloth bag to pour water. Now it’s quick, I buy Tai Ky’s dry sticky rice powder, fresh tofu (so it smells very fragrant when it cooks), add sugar and green beans as you like ”. Last year, she made a picture of a fruit and a flower for her children, this year more creative, she created a cake shape into a cartoon character Tsum Tsum, so her children love the cake their mother made.

Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes at Mr. Hoang Tuan’s agency.

Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes are not only “hot” in each kitchen. Many agencies and offices also put floating cakes and vegetarian cakes on the dinner menu to create a friendly atmosphere for the staff. Mr. Hoang Tuan, 35 years old in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, said that although he was abstaining from sugar and starch, he could not hold back before the small “party” filled with delicious vegetarian cakes and delicious vegetarian cakes prepared by the chef. processing agency.

These days, on the streets and markets in Hanoi have sold a lot of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes as well as baking ingredients from early morning to serve the people. Many small businesses said that they had to stay up all night making cakes to serve the customers who ordered them early.

People take advantage of buying cakes for the real Korean New Year.

Despite many changes and variations, real Korean New Year has become a meaningful cultural feature in every Vietnamese family. This is also an opportunity for each person who travels away to try to return to their family together to enjoy a plate of cake, sit beside a family reunion tray./.