Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam with the thousand years of culture. You can visit Hanoi at any time of the year to enjoy the wonderful moments of nature, culture and local people’s lifestyle. Especially, you should visit Hanoi in the autumn which is considered the most romantic season of the year. When the autumn comes, it goes along with the elegant aroma of a street food which enchants the soul of Hanoians as well as many pilgrims living in Hanoi. The delicious snack food is green sticky rice, which means Cốm in Vietnamese language.
Green sticky rice creates the distinctive flavor of the autumn in Hanoi (Photo: Kenh 14)
The Legend Of Autumn’s Gift
Green sticky rice, especially comes from Vong village, is an especially delicious gift of autumn season. Nobody knows exactly the time when it became the specialty snack of Vong village, perhaps a thousand years ago. The legend tells that in an autumn of thousand years ago, locals suffered a huge storm which destroyed all paddy fields where rice was in flowering period. People in Vong village had to collect and roast remaining young rice to to avoid starvation. Luckily, it had a distinct flavor and became famous for its fragrance.
Vong village is famous for its traditional technique of making “the gift of falling seson” (Photo: Internet)
How To Make
This delicious food is initially made from green rice to keep its fragrance and the bright green color. After harvesting, the green rice is dried in light heat for a certain time until the paddy yellows. Then put it to a stone mortar, pound lightly with a wooden pestle, sifted and winnowed. The best green sticky rice should be green, soft, chewy, full of young rice flavor and packed inside lotus leaves. The fragrance of lotus leaf makes it increasingly cool, sweet and soft.
The Perfect Combination Of Nature
Green sticky rice is one of the most favorite street foods of Hanoians (Photo: Com Vong Huy Linh)
Green sticky rice is often eaten by hand, directly from the lotus leaves. And you can enjoy yourself with a ripe banana or ripe persimmon to get a special flavor like Hanoian. Chewing it slowly is the way to enjoy its subtle scents, tastes. and softness.
Autumn comes fast and then leaves soon. This falling season likes a beautiful dream with the fragrances in the air, the soft warmth of the sunlight, the falling leaves, and the roadside vendors on Hanoi streets. In the eyes of local people, the green sticky rice rice grabbed in lotus leaves is an indispensable part of the autumn season in Hanoi capital.
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