Ka Tum cake shell is knitted from young palm leaves The first time I knew about Ka Tum cake, I suddenly thought of the fairy tales that my mother used to tell me in the past. They always attract listeners right from the title. And so is the Ka Tum cake. Looking at me pinching my lips, pronouncing the name of the cake according to the tone of the language of the Khmer ethnic group, artisan Neang Phuong laughed and explained: “In Khmer, Ka Tum means pomegranate cake”. This is a sacred cake, conveying the desire for a full, affluent and full life. So only on traditional New Year days such as: Chol Chnam Thmay, Bonh Dolta, Bonh Oc-om-bok… do the Khmer people make this cake to offer to heaven and earth. And only O Lam land in Tri Ton district still makes this kind of cake, so Ka Tum becomes a “rare, hard to find” specialty in the land of An Giang jaggery. Ka Tum cakes are meticulously perfected by artisan Neang Phuong Having been taught the craft of wrapping by her mother since she was a girl, up to now, artisan Neang Phuong has been attached to the Ka tum cake of his people for 40 years. Is it because of that, that in the whole O Lam commune, no one has ever surpassed her reputation of skillful hands and good bakers. In the process of making a cake, the hardest part is making the crust, which is introduced by artisan Neang Phuong as creating a unique characteristic for Ka Tum cakes. Ka Tum cake shell is made from young jaggery leaves, cannot be made of old leaves because old leaves will be hard and hard to bend, no fragrance and green color is too dark and unsightly. The leaves after being picked up will be washed, then peeled off piece by piece and begin the process of knitting into a pomegranate shape, with flowers blooming on top. The ratio of the cakes must be the same, not the big ones, the small ones, if carelessly tied, the cake will not have its shape. So it can be said that this is the most difficult and time consuming stage. Artisan Neang Phuong who won the gold medal in the Southern Folk Cake Festival 2016 “Make this cake, every step is difficult. Peeling is already difficult and elaborate, when it comes time to put the filling, it becomes even more difficult. Even though it’s difficult to make, I still like this cake very much, because it’s beautiful, small and cute, “smiling artisan Neang Phuong. Although she is proficient and familiar with her hands, because of the small shape of the cake, the mouth of the shell is narrow, so it takes a long time to put the filling inside, so she can only make about 100 cakes a day. In the past, the Khmer people often made Ka Tum cakes with Chol Ho sticky rice, which had a very fragrant growing time of six months and even soaked the rice overnight. Now, everything “payroll” in the cake has been simplified more or less, you can use regular sticky rice combined with white beans, sugar, salt and coconut milk. After wrapping the cake, people boil it for a period of 30-45 minutes depending on how big or small the cake is. When the cake is cooked, take it out, blanch it in cold water, and let it dry. Artisan Neang Phuong fervently passed on Ka Tum cake making to the young generation of O Lam When completed, Ka Tum has a light yellow color, the cake inside is not sticky, the sticky rice is soft, smooth and fragrant mixed with fatty panther coconut milk, making visitors from far away fall in love. It is because of that wonderful taste that in the Southern Folk Cake Festival held in 2016, Ka Tum cake won the Gold medal. Realizing that traditional cultural values ​​are being cared for and promoted again, in recent years, artisan Neang Phuong has devoted himself to teaching the recipe and how to make Ka Tum cakes to the young generation of O Lam, contributing part of preserving the identity and culture of the Khmer nation.

Many girls like to show off their cooking skills, so in addition to the family meal tray, they also make tea or cake. Khuc Bach tea is one of the teas chosen by many women to show off their talents, because it’s not easy to make, so from here they give birth to many “standard” disaster teas. Showcasing her talent in making chocolate white tea, this girl reminds people of pork blood soup. Her finished product is far from the reality that shocked all netizens. This piece of Khuc Bach tea is just right for the sister association “hating the kitchen”. Each piece of white, instead of being small and soft, is now torn up and no longer has any shape. Looking at the “catastrophe” bowl of Khuc Bach tea, everyone was bored, admitting that they lost all their sense of eating after looking at the finished product. Not only Khuc Bach tea, many other disaster dishes were also transformed by the sisters who “hated the kitchen” so that anyone who looked at them could only laugh. Typically, the cake in the photo is made with a rice cooker, but anyone who looks at it will think it is cinnamon rolls. A girl posted on the forum showing off her question of making jelly that everyone thought was… pork with frozen meat. From the picture to the size of the jelly, it’s like a piece of meat. A piece of jelly when cut is even more like a piece of pork, this miraculous transformation makes all netizens admire. Finished salt product of a brave girl but no different from pebbles. Or coconut jam with brown cockroach wings is exactly like a plate of braised meat. Photo: Synthesis Invite readers to watch the video: Tea Khuc Bach Thach Contrasted by Life: Father Transmission – Source: YAN News

Especially in the summer, women will not be able to “stop their mouths” with sugary drinks, fruit cakes… The more sugar in the summer, the faster the aging speed of beauty. Sugar – the culprit that causes skin to age quickly, prone to pimples, easy to catch the sun, dark and old Too much sugar makes the collagen in the skin and body work less efficiently, the skin cells harden, leading to a decrease in elasticity. Wrinkles will become more and more imprinted, making the skin rough, rough, even causing serious dermatitis. The more sugar you eat, the worse your skin condition will become. Eating a lot of sweets will cause the body to secrete male hormones, which increases the amount of oil secreted on the skin, the pores from there getting bigger and bigger, causing the blockage, causing the skin to break out, leading to scars. Continuous bruising appears on the skin. Along with the hot summer sun, the skin is more prone to oil secretion. The skin condition is getting worse and worse, making you always in a state of discomfort. So eating less sugar is something that every girl needs to apply to have smooth, white skin throughout the summer. Sugar – the cause of oily skin damage, hair loss in buns As mentioned above, eating a lot of sugar will tend to secrete male hormones, increasing the amount of oil not only in the face but also in the scalp. An oily scalp makes the hair sticky very quickly, the pores on the scalp are clogged and damaged, causing the hair to fall out in a bun. No matter how carefully you wash your hair and take care of your hair, you will still experience constant hair loss. Eat a lot of sugar: The body accumulates excess fat, within 2 days a fat One of the negative effects of eating too much sugar in the body is weight gain, the body stores more and more fat. Excess sugar will be stored as body fat. Therefore, a diet high in sugar for a long time will lead to overweight and obesity. Eating a lot of sugar can also increase ghrelin, the hormone that causes hunger. So you will always tend to eat more, mainly carbohydrate rich foods which leads to the accumulation of fat in the belly. No matter how hard you practice, no matter how fast you eat, as long as you are still hungry for sweets, your 2nd round will still be full of fat. This is the reason why the skin ages quickly, the hair loses both buns and the 2nd round of fat. Eating a lot of sugar brings a lot of negative things to the beauty of women, you need to curb it right away to immediately improve the problems that are arising with your skin, hair and physique.