Traditional Tet is a holiday used by Vietnamese people to celebrate the transition between the old year and the new year. In addition to the meaning of sending off the old year to welcome the new year, the Vietnamese traditional New Year also has the meaning of reunion, reunion and meeting in joy. On the occasion of the traditional New Year, Vietnamese people, no matter how far they work, try to return to their homeland to welcome the new year with their families. The whole family gathered around the reunion meal, filled with happiness, full of laughter. During the traditional Tet holiday, wives and mothers are shown to be housewives and show their bravery through dishes full of love and Tet flavors. Here are the indispensable dishes on the traditional Vietnamese New Year, sisters, please refer to prepare for your family meaningful Tet trays.

Banh Chung/ Banh Tet

Banh chung

Banh Chung is a dish with a long history in Vietnamese culinary culture. It can be said that without Chung cake, there is a lack of Vietnamese Tet (Northern) flavor. In the last days of the year, mothers wash dong leaves, wash rice, soak beans, cut meat to see the Tet atmosphere filled with the family. The harmonious combination of sticky glutinous rice, sweet head, mildly spicy pepper and fatty meat has created an unmistakable Tet flavor.

If the North has banh chung, the South has banh tet – an indispensable cake in the Southern Tet tray. These two types of cakes are similar in ingredients and cooking methods, only differ in shape and use banana leaves to wrap instead of dong leaves.

Onion melon

Onion melon

A rustic dish but indispensable in the traditional tray of the Northern people. With a mild sour and sour taste and is used to eat with banh chung or frozen meat, it is extremely delicious. This is the most effective anti-boring dish during Tet that you need to know. Although life is always changing, one thing is certain that, in Vietnam, during Tet, there will be banh chung and pickled onions that will be the companion food on Tet holidays of the nation.

Gac sticky rice

Gac sticky rice

Sticky rice is red, the color of luck, the color of happiness. Therefore, in the first days of the new year, it is indispensable to have a plate of sticky rice in the tray of rice to offer to the ancestors.

Gac sticky rice is cooked from delicious glutinous rice and is mixed with fresh gac and then put in a steamer. After being cooked, sticky rice will have a very beautiful and attractive bright red color. When eating, you will feel the sticky taste of glutinous rice, the fatty taste of coconut milk and the sweetness of sugar.

Boiled chicken

Boiled chicken

Boiled chicken symbolizes a warm and prosperous life. Therefore, start a new year with golden boiled chicken so your family can have a lucky start and get whatever you want. … Not only on the traditional Tet holiday, but boiled chicken is also the main dish in the year-round plates, parties, weddings, and anniversaries.

Fried spring rolls

Fried spring rolls

Fried spring rolls are a traditional dish loved by Vietnamese people in all three regions. This is an easy dish with simple ingredients such as vermicelli, wood ear, bean sprouts, meat, eggs, herbs, … wrapped by a layer of fried rice paper until golden, crispy. In the Tet tray, usually fried spring rolls are the most popular dish, especially for children, so this is an indispensable dish in the Tet tray.

Spring rolls

spring rolls

Spring rolls – a dish symbolizing the blessings of Tet holiday. Homeowners will receive many blessings from heaven if they enjoy this dish on New Year’s Day.

This delicious dish is made from pork, pounded in a stone mortar and wrapped in banana leaves and then boiled. The smooth, crispy, and delicious white spring rolls are not only delicious dishes that can be given to family members.

Bamboo shoot soup

Bamboo shoot soup

Asparagus soup is quite typical because of its warmth, the combination of the flavors of the ingredients, giving people satisfaction and contentment.

Pork skin ball soup

Pork skin ball soup

Pork skin ball soup, also known as ball drop soup, is a dish included in the tray of every New Year of the old Hanoians. The cool, sweet taste of the broth, accompanied by fragrant fat, crispy skin, fragrant mushrooms and vegetables create the full flavor, typical for this soup.

Braised tea

Braised tea

Che Kho is a very popular dish in the ancestral offerings of Vietnamese families on the full moon day, the first day of the month or Tet holidays.

Fatty cheesy braised with coconut milk, green bean flavor mixed with sugar to create a sweet and savory dish on the first day of the new year.

Sour meatball

Sour meatball

Sour meatball is a favorite dish of many people, often appearing in parties or special occasions, especially during Tet. This is a dish that often uses pork, mixed with rice and other ingredients, and then wrapped and brewed. When the spring rolls are ripe, they will have a sour, chewy and delicious taste.

Wishing you a happy and healthy new year.

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