As noted by PV, on streets and markets in Hanoi, small merchants sold a lot of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes as well as baking ingredients very early to serve the people.

This year, the real Korean New Year falls on Wednesday, so the housewives also get up early to buy floating cakes, and offer them to the family altar.

From the big street to the small street, from the big market to the toad market, people are always busy with buyers and sellers.

There are also a number of people who are not in the profession, but take advantage of the large facade and available cooking space to make vegetarian cakes for profit.

Ms. Hoa, who sells floating cakes at Nghia Tan market, shared: “The Korean New Year is really a special holiday of the year. Knowing I make cakes for sale, the sisters in the two paternal and maternal families also joined in to help. I love this traditional cultural beauty, so I just like the white cake to serve visitors and the people around “.

To prepare for the main holiday, Ms. Hang (Hanoi) and everyone in her family decided to make cakes overnight. “My sisters and I stayed up all night making cakes. Because this year Korean New Year really does not fall on a weekend, we have to take advantage of making it so that customers order cakes early, then they even take advantage of work to make it in time. “, Ms. Hang shared.

As noted, the shopping atmosphere at the local markets is much more bustling than this day.

Every row of floating cakes must have up to 2-3 people to serve.

Everyone hurriedly took advantage of buying ceremonies early in the morning so that they could work on time.

Carrying armpit bags carrying large and small bags of floating cakes, vegetarian food.

The set of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes have been cooked, customers just need to buy and arrange them to the altar.

According to research, the price of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes today are still the same price compared to normal days. A plate of floating cake costs 10,000-15,000 VND depending on the size of the plate. Vegetarian cakes cost 15,000 VND / plate.

With five colors drift cake will cost 20,000 VND / plate.

In addition to buying floating cakes and boiled vegetarian cakes, many housewives also buy ready-made cake dough to go home to cook for themselves.

The batches of cakes are continuously made evenly by the small trader to provide for customers.

Every Korean New Year is the same, despite the hard work, everyone, everyone in the family is always trying to make this holiday special, gather with family, join in the direction of the roots and express their sincerity. respect to the deceased./.

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./.

The Vietnamese custom of offering floating cakes and vegetarian cakes reminds the story of “wrapping a hundred eggs of Au Co’s mother”. Floating cake represents 50 eggs hatched into 50 children to the forest following their mother. Vegetarian cake represents 50 eggs that hatch into 50 children following their father into the sea. Therefore, the real Korean New Year of the Vietnamese people mainly means towards the origin, commemorating the merits of the dead.

However, with a rather busy, hustle and bustle life due to the current work reel, many families choose to buy drifting cakes, ready-made vegetarian cakes to worship their ancestors. Recorded by PV on the morning of April 14 (March 3 of lunar calendar), on the streets and markets in Hanoi, small merchants sold a lot of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes as well as baking ingredients. to serve the people.

Sharing with PV, a baker at the Nghia Tan market area said: “These days, the demand of people coming to buy ready-made cakes is relatively high, so most small businesses trading this item have to Prepare ingredients such as sugar, green beans from early and carefully, after being bought, rice for baking, after being bought, must soak enough time, then grind and then go through many other stages to make cake dough. In actual welding, the baker has to get up at about 4:00 am to make it to have the cake for customers to buy … “.

Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes are all made from fragrant glutinous rice flour. Floating cakes made small balls of longan fruit, in addition to white, in red sugar filling, while vegetarian cakes are round and flat, filled with cooked green beans and pureed with sugar.

A cake floats after it is finished with the filling by the baker.

After the kneading is finished, the cake is placed in a pot of boiling water. The freshly boiled cake will sink on the bottom of the pot. When cooked, it will float and be picked up and put into a plate.

Vietnamese people in the past have created floating cakes, vegetarian cakes which are cool and cool dishes. This dish is sweet, very suitable for hot days.

People wait in line to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes at Nghia Tan market area (Cau Giay, Hanoi). This year, the average price of vegetarian cakes is 20,000 VND / bowl, floating cakes cost 15,000 VND / plate.