- From rustic, simple ingredients such as: sticky rice, sesame, peanuts, Tay and Nung ethnic people In Hoi Hoan and Gia Mien communes , Van Lang district, they have created a unique, chewy and rich Poóc Sang cake with a strong hometown flavor. This is one of the indispensable cakes of the people here to offer on the family altar on every holiday, New Year or to entertain guests from afar.
According to the people in Gia Mien and Hoi Hoan communes, Poóc Sang is a long-standing cake of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups here. No one remembers when the name of the cake came about, but we only know that for a long time, our ancestors called the cake that name.
To learn how to make this unique cake, we visited the family of Ms. Ly Thi Hien, Ban Mieng village, Hoi Hoan commune. Ms. Hien shared: Pooc Sang is a traditional cake of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups. Almost every family in Hoi Hoan commune makes this cake on holidays and Tet... Therefore, since I was a child, my mother taught me how to make traditional Pooc Sang cake. The ingredients to make Pooc Sang cake are very rustic and simple, but to create a delicious finished product, it must go through many elaborate stages and requires the skill of the maker.
Ingredients to make Poóc Sang cake include: glutinous rice flour, peanuts, sesame, sugar... To make the cake chewy, crispy, delicious, the selection of ingredients is very important. Accordingly, the rice to make the cake dough must be sticky rice, with large, round grains. The glutinous rice is soaked for 4-5 hours, then ground into a watery dough and put into a muslin bag and hung high to dry. Next, the baker kneads the dough and divides it into small portions, to make the cake have a beautiful color, in addition to the traditional white dough, the baker also creates colors from gac fruit, butterfly pea flowers...
The most important step in the process of making Poóc Sang cake is frying the dough. Because if the baker is not skillful, the dough will stick or cook unevenly. To do this step, the baker will put a little cooking oil in the pan, let the pan get really hot, then put the dough in and use a spatula to spread the dough out so that it is very thin. During the frying process, the baker must adjust the heat appropriately, not letting the heat burn too high so that the cake does not burn, and must flip the dough continuously until it puffs up, which means the dough is cooked.
After finishing the frying process, the baker will put the filling into the cake. The filling of Poóc Sang cake includes peanuts or sesame mixed with sugar. Accordingly, the sesame, peanuts, and sugar must be crushed until smooth, then put into the cake, rolled up, and cut into small pieces.
The finished Poóc Sang cakes are rolled into layers, when eaten, they have a crispy taste, the aroma of sesame, and the rich taste of peanuts, which are preserved by the people of Hoi Hoan commune until today. Not only is this cake made on holidays and Tet, nowadays, many families often make this cake during their free time to eat or to invite guests from far away.
Ms. Nong Thi Huong, Vinh Trai ward, Lang Son city said: I am very impressed with Poóc Sang cake of Van Lang district, when I had the opportunity to visit the commune, I enjoyed this cake. When eating the cake, I felt that the cake was very soft, chewy, but still crispy, combined with peanut and sesame filling, it was very unique.
Ms. Hua Quynh Nga, Head of the Department of Culture and Information of Van Lang district, said: Poóc Sang cake is a unique cake, has existed for a long time and is only available in Hoi Hoan and Gia Mien communes. This is a familiar and indispensable cake for people during holidays, Tet, especially the love market (March 27 - 29 of the lunar calendar), entertaining distinguished guests... becoming a unique feature in the culinary culture of the people here. To contribute to preserving the traditional culinary culture of the nation, the department will continue to coordinate with related units to promote the introduction and promotion of Poóc Sang cake products through social networking sites, the district's electronic information page; research to bring Poóc Sang cake into cultural and tourism experience programs and events in the district...
No need for expensive, luxurious ingredients, but with the simplest, most rustic and familiar ingredients, through the skillful hands of the people, a unique cake has been created, imbued with the flavor of the homeland. And perhaps, it is this passionate, rustic flavor that has left an unforgettable impression on those who have enjoyed this cake.
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