Exhausted after 12 hours of cooking, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hong gently unpeels the last of five leaves encasing a squishy, sticky rice cake known as "banh chung" -- a Lunar New Year delicacy in Vietnam.

Banh chung, a traditional Vietnamese sticky rice cake, is a centerpiece of Tet, the Lunar New Year celebration. Wrapped in leaves and filled with glutinous rice, green beans, and pork belly, it ...

Bánh chưng is a traditional Vietnamese rice cake which is made from very simple and basic ingredients such as glutinous rice, mung beans, and pork. It's a must-have for Vietnamese New Year Tet.

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