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Cha lua (lhả lụa) is a Vietnamese food, also known as Vietnamese Ham or Vietnamese Sausage. Traditionally, it is made of minced pork, potato starch and fish sauce. The mixture is then wrapped in banana leaves and steamed. During the initial wave of Vietnamese immigrants in the mid 70s, banana leaves were hard to find and, thus, Vietnamese chefs substituted aluminum foil for banana leaves; a habit that remains today. The sausage is normally sliced and eaten with thin rice crepes called banh cuon, or braised in fish sauce and cracked pepper.
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