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.

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