The green bean cake is generally served as snacks, such as cookies in tea, when consuming tea. The sweet taste of the cake mix with lotus tea is a perfect combination when we enjoy a sip of tea. This combination really has the power to bring people together in a warm and pleasant time. And to stress the difference among Banhs, Banh Dau Xanh is made purely of sugar and mung bean powder – imagine the making of macaroon elsewhere in the world!
Every first day of the lunar month, market vendors produce these cupcakes for sale at their stalls. It is a popular offering for the altar of the ancestors and can, of course, be enjoyed by the living after the incense sticks were burned.
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