Sweetened porridge with steamed sticky rice - the best choice for the autumn in Hanoi

Sweetened porridge with steamed sticky rice - a combination of toughness of steamed sticky rice and light sweetness of sweetened porridge. It is a familiar dish with many people, especially in Hanoi. The autumn came to Hanoi, the flavor of this dish is same as the flavor of the autumn, very poetic.



For Hanoi people, the dish is a gracious dish from the past to now, it often appears in special occasions such as: Tet, worship ancestors, etc. Now, the dish is more popular, you don't have to wait for some special occasions to eat the rustic dish because you can find it in Thuy Khue street, Hang Bo street or other streets. As its name, the dish is combinated from two main ingredients: sweetened porridge and steamed sticky rice. Steamed sticky rice must be chosen from the best sticky rice which has full shape and aroma of new sticky rice. Then, they will soak sticky rice and green bean for them to be soft. Finally, they steam sticky rice and green bean. About sweetened porridge, they also soak black bean, then boil it, add some sugar. The last step is mixing them, they pour sweetened on steamed sticky rice.


I think the dish is the best choice for the autumn. When you eat, the tough taste of sticky rice will make your teeth stick together. Don't worry! it's not glue. The next flavor you will feel, it is the sweet taste of sweetened porridge, it is a light sweet, like the flavor of the autumn which is light some as the wind, making you feel like  sinking in dream. I am sure you will like it and want to eat more, you eat one, two but don't eat three. I think your teeth can't bear any more.