Sauce Cake

Sauce cake, a dish associated with many people's childhoods when growing up in Thanh Hoa. Unlike the castor cake in many places, which is usually white, the hot cake in Thanh Hoa with its emerald green color is very prominent. Ingredients for making this cake you can easily find anywhere. The first is rice flour, rice must choose clean rice, soaked before grinding to make a fine powder. To create the aromatic plasticity of the cake, people add clear lime water, according to a certain ratio, after mixing, it takes about 3 hours to let the lime smell go away before cooking. When cooking, you must stir constantly to avoid lumps, or burning at the bottom of the pot. This step requires the patience of the cook. In order to have a beautiful green color of the cake, the maker has used the juice of hot vegetables in the cooking process. Stir well with your hands for about 1 hour, until the cake is smooth. Come to Dao Duy Tu intersection in the afternoon to enjoy, each piece of this sauce is very cheap, only about 10,000 VND. Street vendors often store cakes in thermos to keep the cake hot to serve customers. When eating, the shopkeeper will scoop out cups, add a layer of green beans, a few pieces of fat and a few delicious fried onions. Scooping a spoonful of smooth rice cake, you will see the sweetness of rice flour cooked in water with a little bit of fat.