Small merchants sell a couple of weights of glutinous rice wine and a ton of lychee on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival

According to the survey of PV Infonet at some markets in Hanoi such as Dai Tu market, Linh Dam HH area (Hoang Mai district), Van Dien market (Thanh Tri district), Goc De market (Hai Ba Trung district)… Sticky rice or plums, lychees… are the best-selling things on the Lunar New Year (May 5th of the lunar calendar) this year.

Sticky rice wine and sticky rice wine with yellow flowers are traditional dishes and are chosen by many people to buy during the Lunar New Year (May 5th of the lunar calendar).

Accordingly, sticky rice with rice wine or rice with rice wine is an indispensable traditional dish on the Day of the Dragon Boat Festival. Sticky rice wine is sold in small boxes with prices ranging from 15,000 – 25,000 VND or sold by weight, the price ranges from 50,000 to 65,000 VND/kg, depending on the type and place of sale.

To have a delicious batch of sticky rice and wine for sale during the Lunar New Year this year, share with PV Infonet, Ms. Tran Thi Yen (60 years old) from Nam Dinh who sells goods at kiosks in HH Linh Dam area (Hoang Mai district, Hanoi) said: She had to prepare 5 days ago, choose to buy delicious sticky rice in Nam Dinh already. milled into cracked rice and transported to Hanoi to make sticky rice wine. Bring the rice soaked through the water and put on the cooked food. After the rice is cooked, take it out and wait for it to cool, then sprinkle with yeast to brew.

Ms. Yen said that she brewed all 2 quintals of sticky rice and 2 quintals of female sticky rice to serve guests during the Lunar New Year. Many customers have bought since yesterday afternoon and this morning customers went to buy very early to come back in time to burn incense before going to work.

Ms. Tran Thi Yen (the middle person) selling goods at a kiosk in Linh Dam HH area (Hoang Mai district, Hanoi) said that she had prepared 2 quintals of sticky rice with mixed rice wine and 2 quintals of glutinous rice wine with yellow flowers for sale during Tet. Doan Ngo.

Glutinous rice wine is sold by Mrs. Yen for 60,000 VND/kg and sticky rice wine is sold for 50,000 VND/kg. For customers who buy less, they can choose according to each pre-packed box for 15,000 – 20,000 VND.

The secret to a delicious sticky rice dish, Ms. Yen revealed, must be soft, the rice grains must be melted in the right hand to not be embarrassed; each pound of rice must have the right proportion of yeast; especially must use Vietnamese yeast to be delicious.

In addition to enjoying rice and wine directly, Ms. Yen said that Cam sticky rice or yellow flower sticky rice soaked in wine are very delicious. Therefore, if sold by the end of today but still have sticky rice and wine, will sell the remaining capital to customers who often drink alcohol.

Having just sold children’s clothes, but making her own sticky rice, rice wine and sticky rice to sell during the Lunar New Year holiday for a few years now, Ms. An Thi Bien (40 years old), a small merchant at Dai Tu market (Hoang Mai, Ha Noi). Noi) said that she made 80 kg of sticky rice and wine of each type to serve guests on the occasion of May 5 this year.

Selling sticky rice with mixed rice wine and rice with rice wine from yesterday to today, Ms. An Thi Bien, a small trader at Dai Tu market (Hoang Mai, Hanoi) has sold almost all the quantity of 80 kg of cooked rice and wine of each type. .

“I prepare the ingredients from the 1st day of the lunar calendar, then soak the rice, cook the food and leave it to ferment for another two days to make the product. Yesterday afternoon on the 4th and this morning was very expensive, I sold almost all of the sticky rice and sticky rice wine. Both types of sticky rice and wine are very popular, but young people still prefer the rice wine, while the old customers prefer the old people to the yellow flower sticky rice. Traditionally, yellow flower sticky rice is still chosen to buy more than Cam sticky rice,” Ms. Bien informed.

The secret to making delicious glutinous rice wine, according to Ms. Bien, is a family secret that cannot be revealed, but the most important ingredient is still delicious yellow-flowered glutinous rice of type 1 in the Northwest region.

She sells sticky rice wine with yellow flowers for 15,000 VND/box of 2 ounces and 50,000 VND for a half-pound box; If customers buy the whole scale, the price is more profitable, only 65,000 VND. As for sticky rice, the price is more expensive than 80,000 VND/kg.

Plum plum is a fruit that many people choose to buy for the day of “killing insects”, the price of plums ranges from 40,000 to 65,000 VND/kg, depending on the type.

In addition to glutinous rice wine, the fruits that people choose to buy the most are litchi and plums. Small traders sold out tons of litchi this morning. The price of cloth sold ranges from 30 to 45,000 VND/kg; Post-plums cost 40,000 – 65,000 VND/kg, depending on the type.

Selling sweet U persimmon litchi in Bac Giang at Dai Tu market for 40,000 VND/kg the best kind and 30,000 VND/kg smaller and greener varieties, revealed Ms. H. a small cloth merchant since morning, wholesale and sell. retail nearly 1 ton of fabric. Only a couple of dumbbells left for retail until the end of the day.

Lychee is also a fruit that many people choose to buy, and some traders have sold tons of fruits on the morning of the Lunar New Year.

Also share with PV Infonet, Ms. Tran Thi Cam Van selling fruit in Linh Dam area said that lychee and plum are the two best-selling fruits, with the quantity of each type.

Specifically, Ms. Van sells delicious plums of grade 1 for 65,000 VND/kg, litchi for 45,000 VND/kg. This price, according to Ms. Van, is about 5,000 VND more expensive than usual.

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