Bánh

For the Vietnamese surname Bành, see Peng (surname).
Bánh

Bánh bèo, bột lọc, and nem chua
Type Cakes and breads
Place of origin Vietnam
Main ingredients Usually rice flour, wheat flour, pressed glutinous rice, or tapioca
Cookbook: Bánh  Media: Bánh

In Vietnamese, the term bánh (Hanoi: [ɓaʲŋ˧˥] or Saigon: [ɓan˧˥]) translates loosely as "cake" or "bread", referring to a wide variety of prepared foods.[1] With the addition of qualifying adjectives, bánh refers to a wide variety of sweet or savoury, distinct cakes, buns, pastries, sandwiches, and other food items, which may be cooked by steaming, baking, frying, deep-frying, or boiling. Foods made from rice or wheat flour are generally called bánh, but the term may also refer to certain varieties of noodle and fish cake dishes, such as bánh canh and bánh hỏi.

Each variety of bánh is designated by a descriptive word or phrase that follows the word bánh, such as bánh bò (literally "cow cake" or "crawling cake") or bánh chuối (literally "banana cake"). Bánh that are wrapped in leaves before steaming are called bánh lá (literally "leaf cakes").

Bánh
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet bánh
Chữ Nôm [2]

In Vietnamese, the term bánh is not limited to Vietnamese cuisine: it applies equally to items as varied as fortune cookies (bánh may mắn), pudding, caramel custard (bánh caramen), and sacramental bread (Bánh Thánh).

Varieties

There is a nearly endless variety of named dishes with the prefix bánh. What follows is a list of the most typical traditional varieties of bánh.

Noodles

Bánh canh soup

Dumplings

Bánh tẻ

Pancakes

Bánh xèo

Rolls

Bánh cuốn

Rice paper

Sandwiches

Bánh mì

Sweet cakes

Durian green leaf cake Bánh da lợn sầu riêng
Bánh in nhân sầu riêng Sweet Rice Flour and Durian Cake

Dishes for special occasions

A plate of bánh tét, with mung bean paste filling

Others

See also

References

  1. Richard Sterling Banh World Food: Vietnam Lonely Planet, 2000 ISBN 1-86450-028-X, 9781864500288 254 pages
  2. Taberd, Jean-Louis. "bánh". Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum. p. 16.
  3. "Playing with My Food: Bánh Bá Trạng (Bak Chang Dumplings)". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. "Hue Dictionary". NetCoDo. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  5. "Mom's Recipes: Bánh Giò". Miss.Adventure @Home. Retrieved 21 September 2010.

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