Life is busy, many people choose to buy these cakes at markets, supermarkets, shops … but also many families buy materials for processing by themselves. Making cakes by hand not only shows sincerity and increases solidarity, but also helps children in the family understand more about the culture and customs of the Vietnamese people. Floating cake for real Korean New Year. Photo: VietNamNet Readers Let’s refer to how to make floating cakes, standard vegetarian cakes through the guidance of culinary artist Pham Anh Tuyet below: According to the elite culinary arts, the main characteristic of the real Korean New Year is making floating cakes, vegetarian cakes, in the past, the elders added cakes (shaped like a ball). Ms. Anh Tuyet said that making vegetarian cakes and floating cakes are very simple. But to do well requires a sophisticated and elaborate way of processing. First of all, the ingredients for floating cakes and vegetarian cakes must be sticky yellow flowers, fragrant. We soak, drain and then bring to grind into flour. Every nine parts sticky rice for a part or two parts immature. After fine grinding, we cover the plastic bag, hang it up for 1 day, the water will run down all, at that time the powder remains. The cake is floating by sugar. The best sugar to make floating cake is Duong Lieu, Cat Que street, square pieces of sugar, sharp, crimson, solid and crunchy, with a cool aroma. The cake is finished, placed in a pot of boiling water. The cake sinks and floats. We take it out and soak it in boiled water to cool it down for hunting again, then take it out to serve on a plate. Floating cake plate is sprinkled with some fragrant roasted white sesame seeds. Vegetarian cakes are also made of glutinous rice flour and kneaded with water and filled with filling, but filled with green beans with the skin, especially green green beans. Thus, the new kernel is delicious and fragrant, with less broken seeds. Beans used to make the cake are like pepper beans, small seeds, fragrant; is steamed until cooked, finely pounded, mixed with white diameter. We soak green beans, peel them, drain them, and put them into things. When the items are on high heat, the beans are soft and soft. After that, the worker started pounding and stir-frying with sugar. Coconut, choose old coconut, shredded, stir-fried with green beans, mixed with vanilla. When making vegetarian cakes, we note the recipe for 2 parts, 1 part filling. Finally we bring to boil. Take out, we put in boiling water to cool, finally take out the vegetarian cake and put it in the bowl. Whenever you put the vegetarian cake in the bowl, you have to take your thumb, press the bowl once, creating a dent. The last step is to add a little bit of tea and sugar mixed with melon powder or tapioca flour marinated with grapefruit flowers. Especially, with the cuisine of the old Hanoi people, every March is the season of pomelo flowers, so when making vegetarian cakes for the real Korean New Year, there must be grapefruit flowers with tapioca flour. The finished product must have a sweet taste, a cool aroma of grapefruit flower when eaten. The elite culinary artist Anh Tuyet added: “Like the people of Hanoi in the past, the Han Thuc Tet Festival must have floating cakes, vegetarian cakes. the 5th day of the 5th of lunar year (Tet to kill insects). Because only in March, there will be pomelo flowers, so floating cakes, vegetarian cakes of the Korean New Year are actually marinated with grapefruit flowers, but on May 5, there will not be. Present floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to the ancestors worship committee, expressing their sincerity, praying for peace and also commemorating the deceased. Le Phuong (synthetic)

Floating cake, vegetarian cake According to Trinh Sinh culture researcher, the number of standard vegetarian cakes, floating cakes in the offering tray is 5 or 3 bowls of floating cakes, 3 or 5 bowls of vegetarian cakes. Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes, but symbolizing cold foods. That is the product from the bumper rice season to the ancestors as well as a prayer for good weather. Photo: VietNamNet Readers. The floating cake is made of glutinous rice dough and kneaded with water, filled with sugar. The cake is finished, placed in a pot of boiling water. The cake sinks and floats, picked out and soaked in boiled water, let it cool for hunting again, then picked it out on a plate. Floating cake plate is sprinkled with some fragrant roasted white sesame seeds. The vegetarian cake is also made of glutinous rice flour, kneaded with water and filled with, but filled with cooked green beans. The peas to make the cake must also be the same as the pepper beans, small, fragrant, steamed until finely pounded, mixed with white diameter. Vegetarian cake is placed in a bowl, filled with a little sugar tea mixed with melon flour or tapioca flour marinated with grapefruit flowers. Besides, on this day, many family members gather together to knead the dough and make cakes to show the spirit of solidarity and mutual support. Perfume, flowers, betel and areca In the worshiping ceremony, no matter how big or small, Vietnamese people are indispensable to compress incense, fresh flowers and betel and areca on the altar. Therefore, on the real Korean New Year, the worshiping tray will also be indispensable for these things. Note, the flowers used to worship must be fresh flowers. Glass of clean water In every Buddha or ancestor worshiping ceremony, a glass of clean water is indispensable on the altar. Water is a manifestation of the homeowner’s mind. Look at the glass of water to know: “Is my mind as pure as water?” Fruit tray In addition to the above foods, families can buy a plate of fresh fruit with about 5 kinds of fruit. Depending on the season, the homeowner chooses 5 fruits of different colors such as blue, red, yellow, purple … to represent the five elements, offering to the ancestors to show filial piety and wish good things. In addition, on this holiday, families do not need to prepare “high tray, full deck”, draw costly procedures but only need to be sincere, offer floating cakes, vegetarian meals to the altar of ancestors and grandparents, pray for the good and peaceful things in life. It could also be simpler, the family just set up a sincere plate of fresh fruit in the real Korean New Year ceremony.