No matter where they go or what they do, on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, many people forget the memories of the dishes during the Doan Ngo Festival, also known as the day of killing insects.
Sticky rice and wine
With the meaning of killing insects, sticky rice and wine is an indispensable dish on the morning of Doan Ngo Festival.
Sticky rice wine is very popular throughout the country, but each region has its own characteristics in terms of brewing time and method.
Traditional sticky rice and wine during Doan Ngo Tet.
Duck meat
Not as popular as sticky rice and wine, duck meat is an indispensable dish during the `bug-killing` Tet holiday of the people of the Central region.
On this day, markets in the Central region and some in the North are often bustling with buying and selling live ducks.
Cool duck noodle soup on a summer day.
Ash cake
Along with many early season fruits such as plums, lychees, mangoes, mangosteens…, ash cake is a traditional dish during the Doan Ngo festival in Vietnam.
Depending on the place, the cake is wrapped in different shapes such as oblong or triangular.
Ash cake.
Banh Khuc
Unlike the Kinh people who have sticky rice wine, ash cakes, and duck meat, the Doan Ngo Tet specialty of the Nung people (Muong Khuong, Lao Cai) is banh khuc.
After soaking the rice thoroughly, pound it with the vegetables into a fine powder and hold it into small handfuls.
Millet tea
Millet sweet soup during Doan Ngo Festival in Hue.
Millet sweet soup is also a very typical dish for Doan Ngo Tet in Hue.
Millet sweet soup is simple to cook but contains more nutrients than other grains, and also has the effect of nourishing blood and balancing the physical condition of those who regularly consume cooling foods and drinks.
Millet sweet soup in Hue is very special because it is often eaten with sesame rice paper.