People still say that, if you have set foot in Hue but have never tasted the taste of sesame candy, it is considered an incomplete trip!
Since ancient times, sesame has become a popular and close gift, a dish of all Hue people. From adults to children, from the upper class to the common people, from Tet feasts to everyday cakes… Sesame can appear anywhere and please everyone. Gradually, sesame has become a specialty, a candy brand that makes Hue people proud.
For a long time, sesame has been a symbolic specialty of Hue. Sesame, or a type of candy, is made from very simple ingredients such as: Sugar, rice flour, sesame, peanuts…
With the manual method handed down from many generations, the candy maker first cooks sugar with water until dissolved, then adds rice flour in a certain ratio and then stirs well so that the dough does not clump. Continue to cook until the mixture is mixed, then add the peanuts (roasted and broken into 3,4 parts) and continue to stir. Then turn off the heat and pour the sesame candy mixture into the available molds and cover with sesame (roasted) on top. Finally let the sesame candy dry and then cut it into squares with 2 fingers and wrap it in a plastic bag.
In order to have delicious sesame seeds, sugar cooks must feel the consistency of the sugar, see the color of the sugar with enough yellow waves like amber. Because according to the people who make sesame in Hue, if the sugar is young, the candy will be friable and not crispy; When the sugar is old, the candy will be dry and bitter. Finished sesame paste must have a transparent yellow color with plasticity, consistency, toughness, hard to break but not hard. When eaten, sesame has the sweetness of sugar, the plasticity of rice flour and the crunchy, fleshy taste of peanuts and sesame. You can enjoy sesame with hot tea to feel all the delicious flavor of this rustic gift.
Hue people often eat sesame seeds combined with sipping a cup of warm tea. Enjoying a piece of sweet, soft, fragrant cake, mixed with the sweet taste of tea is not only a way to enjoy ordinary candy but also has become an elegant, extremely poetic and attractive pleasure. Not only that, sesame is also a specialty of Hue as a “standard without adjustment” gift.
No matter where you choose to eat Hue sesame seeds candy in Vietnam, you are sure to enjoy this delicious and iconic dish. So why dont you book the trip to Vietnam to enjoy the authentic Hue candy as well as many delicious Vietnamese food.
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Source: Hanoimoi.com.vn