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Ben Tre (Bến Tre) Coconut Candy
It was thought for a long time that rows of green coconut trees are specific characteristics of Ben Tre and the sweet taste of Ben Tre coconut candy became the famous trade-mark for this land.
The South of Vietnam has a lot of coconut candy manufacturers, but the best is Ben Tre coconut candy,
especially
Mo Cay (Mỏ Cày) coconut candy. Therefore, there is a folk-song passed
from through the generations that is "Mo Cay market has a well-known
kind of candy". Coconuts planted at Mo Cay in particular and coconuts
planted at Ben Tre in general have a specific elegant sweetness and are
the best ingredient for processing candies.
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| The stage of rolling candies into thin layers to become pliable |
The indispensable ingredient is coconut. However, in order to create the specific flavor of Ben Tre coconut candy, it depends a lot on the unique technique. That is the way of selecting materials and following a specific mixing formula. And the local people consider the way of processing Ben Tre coconut candy as an art. At first, people must be precise in selecting materials. The glutinous rice used to cook into malt must have been Spring crop glutinous rice, which has big grains, ripped all. The rice field selected to harvest glutinous rice must be sure that it is not put down with chemical fertilizer, insecticide. The glutinous paddy used to sprout must be water with clean rain-water, then cooked into malt.
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| The stage of putting candy into moulds |
The indispensable ingredient is coconut. However, in order to create the specific flavor of Ben Tre coconut candy, it depends a lot on the unique technique. That is the way of selecting materials and following a specific mixing formula. And the local people consider the way of processing Ben Tre coconut candy as an art. At first, people must be precise in selecting materials. The glutinous rice used to cook into malt must have been Spring crop glutinous rice, which has big grains, ripped all. The rice field selected to harvest glutinous rice must be sure that it is not put down with chemical fertilizer, insecticide. The glutinous paddy used to sprout must be water with clean rain-water, then cooked into malt.
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| Wrapping candies |
The
stage of cooking malt is also an art because it requires workers'
patience, meticulousity, and skills. The coconuts used to make candies
are also selected very carefully. Those are coconuts starting to become
dry. These help us to make candies with the best specific flavor,
elegant sweet coconut milk, and specific greasiness. The rude sugar
used to make candies must have been the good, new kind of sugar, which
has yellow like crocus and a fixed plasticity, ... All in company with
professional skills, experiences, and skillful technique of mixing,
they can make delicious, consistent before and after batches of candy
which satisfy customers even the most fastidious customers.
Nowadays, Ben Tre people create many kinds of coconut candy with different flavors attracting tourists. Those are coconut candy with cacao, coconut candy with durian, coconut candy stuffed with peanuts, ... Each kind has specific flavor, but also keep basic flavor. Many manufacturers of processing coconut candy under familiar trade-mark such as Thien Long (Thiên Long), Ngoc Huong (Ngọc Hương), which deliver coconut candy to domestic provinces and export them to overseas. It can be said that coconut candy has a strong attachment to cultural, eating, and traveling itinerary of Vietnam.
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