Bánh lá

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A plate of cooked bánh tẻ, wrapped with Phrynium placentarium leaves, before being unwrapped for eating. Photo taken in Mỹ Đức, Hà Tây province, Vietnam.
A plate of cooked bánh tẻ, wrapped with Phrynium placentarium leaves, before being unwrapped for eating. Photo taken in Mỹ Đức, Hà Tây province, Vietnam.

Bánh lá (literally "leaf cake") is a category of bánh, or Vietnamese cakes, that consist of a parcel of a variety of rice stuffed with some fillings and wrapped in a leaf or leaves.

[edit] Varieties

  • Bánh bột lọc
  • Bánh chưng
  • Bánh dừa
  • Bánh gai
  • Bánh giầy
  • Bánh giò
  • Bánh ít
  • Bánh khoái
  • Bánh nậm - flat rice flour dumpling from Hue, wrapped in a banana leaf
  • Bánh nếp
  • Bánh phu thê
  • Bánh tẻ
  • Bánh tét
  • Bánh ú