Top 5 delicious sticky rice makes great sticky rice cakes for Tet

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Lunar New Year 2024 is approaching, if you don’t know which delicious sticky rice to buy for Tet, to wrap banh chung, banh tet or blow sticky rice to light incense, here are 5 great suggestions for your reference:

Every time Tet comes around, housewives store for their families at least 3 – 5 kg of rice to make cakes and sticky rice, more than a dozen kilos, even those who specialize in making banh chung and banh tet to sell during Tet. Storing hundreds of pounds of sticky rice in the house is very normal.

To make delicious banh chung and banh tet, from the stage of choosing necessary ingredients such as dong leaves, green beans, pork, spices, sticky rice is also very important because it determines the aroma and flexibility of the cake.

If this is your first time making banh chung or banh tet with your family or you don’t know how to choose a delicious type of sticky rice for Tet, you can randomly choose one of the top 5 delicious types of sticky rice from this top for reference:

1. Yellow flower sticky rice

Yellow flower sticky rice, also known as A sticky rice or yellow flower sticky rice, is a delicious type of rice, a popular characteristic of the midland and northern regions of our country. The characteristics of this type of yellow flower sticky rice are that it has large, round dark brown grains, a sweet taste, a fragrant aroma and is sticky.

Yellow flower sticky rice
Yellow flower sticky rice

If you choose the yellow flower sticky rice grains that are full and round and not broken, you can leave the banh chung for 4-5 days after being cooked and it will still not dry out or become ‘ricey’ like many other common types of sticky rice. In addition, when using yellow flower sticky rice to make banh chung or steamed sticky rice, the finished product will have clear and dry grains, soft but not crumbly, and both fragrant and rich.

2. Goose sticky rice

The most prominent feature of goose sticky rice is its aroma, elasticity, sticky rice, and firm grain making of cakes, so it is quite popular to choose for making cakes during Tet. Or mix it with regular rice to eat deliciously. The characteristics of goose sticky rice are that it has large and long grains that resemble miniature goose eggs, is milky white in color, has a light aroma, and is flexible.

Goose sticky rice
Goose sticky rice

3. Black sticky rice

Black sticky rice is also called charcoal sticky rice because it has a dark, black color instead of the usual opaque or milky white color. Compared to other types of sticky rice, black sticky rice is nutritionally superior with higher protein and fat content. At the same time, some types of black sticky rice also have medicinal uses such as nourishing blood, losing weight, eliminating worms, enhancing resistance and stimulating good digestion.

Dien Bien black sticky rice
Dien Bien black sticky rice

4. Velvet sticky rice

Another delicious type of sticky rice for Tet that is quite popular among Northerners is velvet sticky rice. The characteristics of this type of sticky rice are that the grains are large, round, opaque white, fragrant, and sticky and flexible even when the sticky rice or cake has cooled for a long time. Because it is a type of rice that is very popular with consumers, our country has chosen this type of rice for export. Currently, velvet sticky rice is a type of rice with high nutritional value and great economic value, and is exported to many countries around the world.

Velvet sticky rice
Velvet sticky rice

5. Wax sticky rice

Wax sticky rice is a specialty rice of the southern region and Dong Thap Muoi. The characteristics of this type of rice are that it has long grains, large grains, white color, even color, light aroma. When cooking sticky rice or making cakes, it will be flexible, sticky, fragrant, delicious and have a sweet aftertaste.

Wax sticky rice
Wax sticky rice

Above are 5 delicious types of sticky rice to make cakes and cook sticky rice for Tet that you can refer to and choose one type for your family. To check the price of rice at many places before buying, you can use the price comparison portal Websosanh.vn to update the market prices of products as quickly as possible before deciding to buy something for the occasion. Tet. Wishing you all many new happy new years, Tet brings hundreds of wishes!

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