Women contest each other to make vegetarian cakes, the market stall sells 2 quintals of flour each day

In popular markets in Hanoi, on the real Korean New Year (March 3 of lunar calendar), the market of floating cakes and traditional white vegetarian cakes is still bustling. Small traders always serve, there are people who can sell dumbbells.
Although it is 5 pm 2/3 of lunar calendar, at Ha Dong market, Vo market, Van Phuc market (Ha Dong, Hanoi), housewives still line up to buy floating cake flour, vegetarian cake. To meet the increasing demand of people on the real Korean New Year (March 3 of lunar calendar), at any corner of the market, or on the sidewalk, there are also people selling baking dough.

Ms. Huong, a small trader selling floating cake flour, longtime vegetarian cakes in Ha Dong market, shared that she often sells spring rolls and chicken cereal every day. But on occasions such as the full moon of January, the Han Thuc New Year, her family took advantage of selling floating dough and fresh vegetarian cakes. “My house has been sold here for many years, so it has a certain number of patrons. Moreover, Ha Dong market is a central market, with a lot of people around here, so every afternoon comes a crowded market. Not to mention, on the 3rd March of the lunar calendar, most families still keep the custom of making floating cakes and vegetarian cakes to make offerings to their ancestors. Because of that, my house is always full of customers these days, ”Ms. Huong said. In the evening before the real Korean New Year, people still take advantage of buying flour to make floating cakes, vegetarian cakes. (Photo: Thao Nguyen) Many people remain loyal to the traditional white sticky rice powder. (Photo: Thao Nguyen) Thanks to that, many small businesses can sell even weights on this Tet holiday. (Photo: Thao Nguyen) This small trader said that the vegetarian cake dough is made entirely from fresh glutinous rice flour. In addition, Ms. Huong also sells other ingredients such as sugar filling, green bean paste, sesame seeds, grated coconut … Customers who buy just shape as they like, then bring the boiled dough to have a plate of cake. drifting, delicious vegetarian cake. Ms. Huong confided that a day earlier, and on the Han Thuc New Year, every day, her family sold about 2 quintals of flour to make floating cakes and vegetarian cakes. “On the 1st, my family sold 1 quintal of flour, on the second day, we sold 2 quintals. On the 3rd, my family plans to sell 2 more quintals of flour. This year, the 3rd March of the lunar calendar falls on a weekday, everyone still has to go to work. But because baking is very fast, the ingredients are simple and complete, so most families still buy flour to make incense in the early morning or evening, ”she said. In addition to selling floating cake flour and perennial vegetarian cakes at Ha Dong market, Ms. Huong’s family also sells ready-made sticky rice and chicken offerings to serve the needs of customers. So on this occasion, to serve customers quickly, she had to mobilize the whole family to sell goods so that customers did not have to wait long. Although there are no stalls to sell like Ms. Huong, but Ms. Le Thi Nghi, another small merchant, always sells floating cakes and vegetarian cakes at a corner of Ha Dong market. In addition to glutinous rice flour, housewives often buy more sugar, coconut, sesame seeds, … (Photo: Thao Nguyen) These are indispensable ingredients when making floating cakes, vegetarian cakes. (Photo: Thao Nguyen) Ms. Nghi shared that, although she does not sell regular goods at the market, every year she also sells floating cake flour and vegetarian cakes. Although nowadays, there are many eye-catching types of floating five-color floating cakes, floating cakes with funny shapes, but the floating dough and traditional white vegetarian cakes are still popular with many people. She explained, many customers are still afraid that the five-color powder available at online stores contains color products, which do not ensure food safety and hygiene and are difficult to control the origin. Therefore, customers in local markets still like to buy the traditional white vegetarian pastry pastry flour. A kilogram of white floating cake flour in Ha Dong market is currently priced at 35,000 VND. If customers want to buy more sugar cane, sesame, fresh coconut, green bean paste, vegetarian cake cooking water, depending on their needs, they will have to pay about 15,000-30,000 VND more to have enough ingredients to make floating cakes. Ms. Hoang Thi Van from Le Hong Phong (Ha Dong, Hanoi) this afternoon, coming home from work, went to Ha Dong market to buy 2kg of flour for making floating cakes, and vegetarian cakes to worship the Han Thuc Tet holiday. “I bought 2 kg of fresh white sticky rice powder for 70,000 VND and another 30,000 VND to buy some sugar cane, sesame, fresh coconut, green bean paste. I put the glutinous dough in the fridge and soon tomorrow, all I have to do is get up and squeeze it and boil it. Due to the early morning of the 3rd March of the lunar calendar, the market was very crowded, so she took the opportunity to buy it right from the evening before. This year, although the vegetarian cake flour market has many designs and colors, Ms. Van is still loyal to the traditional white dough of a longtime cake stall to ensure food safety.