Bánh cáy

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Bánh cáy is a kind of bánh made in the Thai Binh Province in northern Vietnam. It is made of sticky rice, sugar, gac or gardenia, sesame, carrots, mandarin orange skin, and pig fat. The mixture is roasted and ground, then mixed and cast in a cubic box. It resembles the eggs of the con cay, a small crab in northern Vietnam which lives in rivers and rice paddies, from which this bánh derives its name. Bánh cáy is traditionally served with tea.