Bánh rế, or Rế Cakes, are a Vietnamese street food made from sweet potatoes or cassava. The sweet potato is made into a pancake, deep-fried, then sugared.J. W. T. Bottema, Sweet potato in Viet Nam: production and markets Page 19 ESCAP Regional Co-ordination Centre for Research and Development of Coarse Grains, Pulses, Roots and Tuber Crops in the Humid Tropics of Asia and the Pacific - 1991 "They are also made into dried pellets (Quang Nam-Da Nang), or half-boiled and made into various cakes: "Banh re", "Banh deo", "Banh thuan", (Thuan Hai province)." It is associated with the Lâm Đồng area. They are named after the Vietnamese term “rế”, bamboo baskets, as they look similar.
Color variants Bánh rế has two color variants:
Yellow: This variant is made of normal sweet potato and tapioca, with a golden color similar to that of honey.
Red: This variant is made with Duong Ngoc sweet potatoes, giving it its reddish hue.
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