Sticky rice in Vietnamese cuisine: A dish in a hurry but witnessing each milestone in human life

Whether it’s a quick breakfast in a small bag on the way to school or a plate of sticky rice offered at a wedding, it seems that sticky rice dishes are always with us.
For a country with a rich rice culture like Vietnam, products made from rice still hold an important position in the cuisine. Rice is present in most everyday dishes, from rice-centered family meals, to pho, vermicelli, banh cuon, banh cuon, traditional cakes such as banh chung, banh day, and banh cuon. Tet, banh ú… Besides, there is another extremely popular dish, which is sticky rice.

It’s an early packet of sticky rice that my mother put in a bag to eat on the way to school Packages of sticky rice as a favorite snack, once cost only two to three thousand children. Sticky rice appeared in the lives of Vietnamese children very early, maybe from the time they started to eat and chew, adults would give them some soft sticky rice, sometimes from a pack of sticky rice that their mother bought in a hurry at the beginning of the alley. Then put it in a school bag for your child to eat on the way to school. Just a daily food, but sticky rice also comes to us in many different forms: from sticky sticky rice (mixed with pounded green beans, eaten with fresh and fleshy flesh), xoi xeo (finely pounded green bean sticky rice is held and served with onions. phi), or sticky rice with peanuts, white beans, and black beans. There are also salty sticky rice, served with sausages, spring rolls, pate and quail eggs. No exaggeration, we can eat sticky rice continuously seven days in a week without feeling bored, because no other sticky rice dish is the same. It is a solemn gift that is always included in memorable milestones in a person’s life Having accompanied from the day of school to adulthood, sticky rice is also an indispensable dish on important occasions. Sticky rice has appeared as an indispensable offering item in the cradle party (when children turn one year old), and must also be present in the Worshiping ceremony (the custom of worshiping when children turn 12 years old in the lunar calendar, on the occasion of a full round of rice). 12 zodiac animals). Moreover, sticky rice is also indispensable in both weddings and engagements. Sticky rice on this occasion must also have a fresh color, those who are skillful can shape sticky rice into the word “happiness”, apricot blossom, carp… It can be seen that, more than a simple dish, sticky rice is associated with many important customs in the spiritual life of Vietnamese people. Sticky rice on the occasion of the worshiping ceremony is often accompanied by water-dried tea, bean tea of ​​all kinds, etc., so there are often stories of stalls selling sticky rice or tea from two combined into one, selling both sticky rice and tea. Sticky rice on this occasion is different from regular sticky rice, made in larger quantities and beautifully shaped and bright with the desire to bring good things. Among them, sticky rice is the most popular dish due to its bright and eye-catching red color. In addition, green bean sticky rice with yellow color is equally popular. It is a dish deeply attached to the spiritual culture of the Vietnamese people Sticky rice, no matter what form it takes, in the Vietnamese mind is always associated with the image of a delicious dish. Just mention the story of the rich man and the famous man, when Bom was nothing more than a handful of sticky rice: Phu Ong asked for a handful of sticky rice, Bom smiled “. This story is about the difference in opinion of the value of children and adults, while adults think that other things are precious, for children, just a handful of delicious sticky rice is enough to have fun all day. Writer Thach Lam once described sticky rice as very dear as follows: Sticky rice with beans, sticky rice with peanuts, sticky rice with sesame oil and coconut. Oh, the fat sesame sticky rice, holding each child’s fist, eating is both rich and fleshy. But it’s not expensive! One or two cents is enough. In the cold season, the sticky rice is hot, still slightly rising like a fog, eating both hot and confident. ” It can be seen that sticky rice in Vietnamese cuisine is a gift that is deeply attached to the spirit of the Vietnamese people. Xoi accompanies the Vietnamese generation from childhood to adulthood and old age. This is a dish that all generations, all classes of Vietnamese people love.