Banh Cuon Trang Bang

Description
Banh Cuon Trang Bang are Vietnamese rice cakes, made at Trang Bang. Trang Bang, located 40 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City, is where one can find the best rice paper and rice cakes. Eating banh cuon for breakfast is a great favorite among many Vietnamese.

Banh cuon is made of rice flour. Thoroughly selected rice is soaked overnight, then ground with a stone mortar. Food preservatives are put into the flour to make the rice sheets softer and smoother. A screen of cloth used to mold the rice sheets is fitted over the opening of a pot of boiling water. Flour is spread on the screen and covered with a lid. After a few minutes, a bamboo stick is used to strip the thin layer of flour off the screen. Then it is rolled up and sprinkled with fried onions.

A small village in a suburb of Hanoi is famous for its banh cuon. People there serve it with a dressing comprised of lean meat, shrimps, mushrooms, dried onions, fish sauce, and pepper.

All the ingredients are stir-fried and rolled into a banh cuon.

Banh cuon is delicious when it is very thin, white, and sticky. It is even tastier when dipped in a sweet, sour, and spicy sauce.