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Banh it tran

Central and southern Vietnam

A sticky rice dumpling with mung bean at its center.

Banh it tran are glutinous rice dumplings, often filled with mung bean and pork or shrimp, then served with scallion oil and fish sauce.

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What It Is

Banh it tran are glutinous rice dumplings, often filled with mung bean and pork or shrimp, then served with scallion oil and fish sauce.[1][2]

Why It Matters

Banh it tran matters because it is eaten in a specific social setting: served with scallion oil, fried shallots, and fish sauce. The dish is included with that context intact, not flattened into a generic filled-food category.[1][2]

Origin Story

Banh it tran are glutinous rice dumplings, often filled with mung bean and pork or shrimp, then served with scallion oil and fish sauce.[1][2]

Banh it tran is documented here through present-day culinary practice and regional food-history sources rather than a single heroic origin claim.[1][2]
Similar forms around Central and southern Vietnam suggest exchange, adaptation, and practical convergence, especially where wheat, rice, starch, meat, dairy, or festival sweets shape local cooking.[1][2]

Recipe Outline

Make or prepare glutinous rice dough, fill or shape it with mung bean, pork, shrimp, cook by boiled and steamed, and serve with fish sauce or scallion oil. Regional versions change the filling, sauce, and scale.[1][2]

Ingredients

glutinous rice dough
mung bean
pork
shrimp
scallion
fish sauce
scallion oil
fried shallots

Steps

Prepare the glutinous rice dough or dough base.
Make the filling with mung bean, pork, shrimp, scallion and season it carefully.
Shape the dumplings or parcels according to the local form.
Cook by boiled and steamed until the wrapper and filling are done.
Serve with fish sauce, scallion oil, fried shallots.

Use mushrooms, greens, tofu, lentils, potato, or cheese where culturally appropriate, noting that this is an adaptation rather than the only traditional form.