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Bánh rế

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Bánh rế
Bánh rế (yellow)
TypeStreet food
Place of originVietnam
Region or stateBình Thuận Province, Southern Vietnam
Main ingredientsSweet potatoes, sugar

Bánh rế is a Vietnamese street food made from sweet potatoes. The sweet potato is made into a pancake, deep-fried, then sugared.[1] It is associated with the Bình Thuận area.

Color variants

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Bánh rế has two color variants:

  • Reddish brown, which resembles that of cockroach wings.
Bánh rế (red)
  • Yellow: This variant is made of sweet potato and tapioca, with a golden color similar to that of honey.

References

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  1. ^ J. W. T. Bottema, Sweet potato in Viet Nam: production and markets Page 19 ESCAP Regional Co-ordination Centre for Research and Development of Coarse Grains, Pulses, Roots and Tuber Crops in the Humid Tropics of Asia and the Pacific - 1991 "They are also made into dried pellets (Quang Nam-Da Nang), or half-boiled and made into various cakes: "Banh re", "Banh deo", "Banh thuan", (Thuan Hai province)."