Banh Tet La Cam is the traditional violet sticky rice cake of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. Let's take a tour to see how it is made.
Ripe bananas are mixed with other ingredients for Banh Tet La Cam to add special flavour to the cake (Photo: VNA)
Sticky rice is mixed with violet tree leaves to make the colour effect. (Photo: VNA)
A man grinds green beans with bananas and salted egg yolks to stuff the cakes. (Photo: VNA)
Wrapping the cakes (Photo: VNA)
Huynh Thi Trong, 87, has made the sticky rice cake for many years and passed the technical know-how to her family members. (Photo: VNA)
Time to boil the cake (Photo: VNA)
Slices of a Banh Tet La Cam (Photo: VNA)
(Photo:VNA)
