How to preserve delicious Tet cakes

In order not to be broken, you should pack with boiled leaves, store in the refrigerator compartment .

Banh chung is a delicious traditional dish, relatively balanced by food groups (glucid, protein, lipid) and nutritious. However, if this is not possible, cake is easy to be rancid, stale, moldy so that people can be poisoned, digestive disorders . seriously affecting health.

Here are some notes to preserve cakes:

Use boiled leaves to wrap the cake

Leaves used to pack cakes should be thoroughly washed and drained. People often do not pack with boiled dong leaves, but it is a way to help the cake to last longer.

If the weather is hot, people should store banh chung in the refrigerator.(Artwork: NN).

Rinse the cake with clean water after boiling it

This helps to remove water and viscosity when boiled on the cake, to prevent the cake from rotting quickly, especially when the weather is hot.

Press with heavy objects to make the cake tighten

Use a tray or plastic cloth to cover it up, then place a heavy object on top. Need to put heavy objects evenly on all the boiled bread.

Hang the cake in a cool and airy place

The cake will dry to the face, ensuring hygiene and keeping for a long time.

Store in a refrigerator

Many people believe that banh chung should not be stored in the refrigerator because it is susceptible to re-rice (hard). However, if the weather is hot, it is possible to store the cake in the refrigerator compartment, where it is cut to that part, then cover the food with the cover.

When taking the cake in the refrigerator, boil it, steam it or fry it before eating. It is advisable to limit frying because it increases the amount of fat (oil / fat) in the daily diet which is not good for health.

Do not eat cake with white mold, ferment sour smell

All molded foods produce aflatoxin, which is detrimental to humans for a long time. Therefore, according to the Department of Food Safety, the Ministry of Health, people should throw away food that has been moldy, absolutely not eat.