Suggestions for a beautiful and easy-to-cook offering tray for the Kitchen Gods

(Dan Tri) - In addition to traditional dishes, today many families also choose modern dishes to enrich the offerings to the Kitchen Gods.

The ceremony to worship the Kitchen Gods on the 23rd of December is an important ritual of the Vietnamese people. On this occasion, families often prepare a tray of offerings to worship the Kitchen Gods with carefully selected fresh foods and fruits. The tray of offerings to worship the Kitchen Gods not only shows respect but also carries the meaning of wishing the family peace and prosperity. Below are some suggestions for trays of offerings to worship the Kitchen Gods:

The offering tray includes boiled chicken, banh chung, dried beef salad, grilled catfish, pork roll, sticky rice with gac fruit, bamboo shoot soup, vermicelli soup, money buns, white rice, and fruit. For busy families, this is a reasonable choice because you can buy some dishes such as pork roll, banh chung, sticky rice. If you don't buy them, you can cook them simply if you prepare the rice by soaking it in advance.

Sticky rice with gac fruit and chicken are always indispensable dishes in the traditional meals of Vietnamese families. In addition, to diversify the food, families can prepare additional dishes such as steamed shrimp, steamed crab, fried spring rolls, cinnamon sausage, sweet and sour salad, soup and stir-fried vegetables, all of which can be made from the same fruits to save time.

The offering tray for the Kitchen Gods as suggested by Ms. Pham Thanh Ha's family (a Vietnamese living in Australia) includes boiled chicken, spring rolls, steamed shrimp in coconut water, mixed stir-fried vermicelli, carp jelly, sticky rice shaped like a carp...

The offering tray includes Vietnamese dishes beautifully presented. Housewives can refer to the menu including: stir-fried beans with mushrooms, cabbage rolls, stir-fried pork roll, five-color pork roll, steamed pumpkin stuffed with meat... According to folk beliefs, carp is the vehicle for the Kitchen Gods to go to heaven, so on the offering trays, many people have created carp shapes from sticky rice, jelly...

A typical Northern feast with sticky rice with gac fruit, boiled chicken, golden buns, steamed shrimp with coconut water, papaya salad with dried beef, dried squid stir-fried with kohlrabi, pork roll, cinnamon sausage, head cheese, fried spring rolls, Bat Trang bamboo shoot and squid soup, meatball soup, meatball soup, chicken vermicelli, banh chung, pickled onions...

If you are a busy person, housewives can refer to the offering tray suggested by Ms. Bui Hoa (in Hanoi ). The dishes include: sticky rice with gac fruit, chicken, boiled pork, pork roll, fried spring rolls, bamboo shoot soup with bones, boiled vegetables...

Beautiful offering tray with rooster, sticky rice with gac and lotus, salt-roasted tiger prawns, five-spice roasted bird, rare veal with lemon, mixed stir-fried veal, sweet rice balls, sweet stew... From the same ingredients, housewives can prepare 2-3 different dishes to make the offering tray varied and flavorful.

Photo: Hoa Bui, Pham Thanh Ha, Huong Thu Vu

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