Cam Le sesame dry cake leaves an indelible taste in the mouths of visitors

DNHN - When domestic and international travellers visit Cam Le Dry Cake Village in Hoa Tho Dong Ward, Cam Le District, Da Nang City, they will experience the crispy, delicious, and fragrant dry sesame cake in its authentic form.

Cam Le is associated with the packages of fragrant, crispy sesame braised cakes when biting a small piece of crispy, spongy dry sesame cake that is as simple as imbued with the sincerity of the people here. The dry cake is a speciality of the land of Quang Nam - Da Nang, but perhaps sesame dry cake produced in Cam Le village, Khue Trung Ward, Hai Chau District, Da Nang city is the most famous and delicious. Sesame dry cake is made from rice, glutinous rice, sesame and sugar, and ginger.  

Sesame dry cake is also known as 7 fire cake, or "dry bitter cake" because the processing stage has to go through the fire 7 times. But dry sesame is famous not only because of its name but because of its taste that remains in the taste buds of visitors after enjoying it. From simple and rustic ingredients such as rice flour, sugar, ginger, sesame... through human hands, this cake has become excellent.

The profession of dry sesame cake in Cam Bac - Hoa Tho and the profession of making dry sesame cake in Quang Chau village - Hoa Chau dates back to the 50s of the twentieth century. Since the profession developed, there have been a total of 150 production households. Up to now, the number of production facilities has decreased significantly to only about 20 households, of which 10 households have regular production. Currently, some households have registered trademarks and industrial property rights.

The most prestigious brand on the market today is Ba Lieu Sesame Dry Cake. This household has built 03 regular production bases and more than 20 agents concentrated in Hoa Vang and Hai Chau districts. Raw materials used to make sesame dry cakes include: rice, glutinous rice, sesame, and diameter, this material is usually quite stable in price, the source of raw materials is mainly in the city, so it is relatively stable. 

It can be said that the presence of dry sesame cake has become a brand for the culinary culture of the people of Quang Nam - Da Nang. The unique feature of this cake is that it can be made from a variety of cereal flours without being strictly bound. Therefore, when the new cake was born, from the poor to the well-to-do, everyone could process it according to their ingredients.

To be able to enjoy the "standard" sesame dry cake, visitors cannot ignore sips of delicious hot tea. Take a bite, diners will feel the crunchiness gradually seeping into the tip of the tongue, and the sweet and fragrant substance mixed with the tea flavour will stay forever.

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