Definition

1. Noun:
   • A traditional Vietnamese cake or pastry whose primary ingredient is sweet potato. The sweet potato is typically processed into a meal or paste and is often mixed with other ingredients like rice flour to create a dough, which is then shaped and cooked.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bà ngoại tôi thường làm bánh khoai vào cuối tuần. (My grandmother often makes bánh khoai on weekends.)
  • Ở chợ này có một quầy bán bánh khoai rất ngon. (There is a stall in this market that sells very delicious bánh khoai.)
  • Bánh khoai này có vị ngọt tự nhiên của khoai lang. (This bánh khoai has the natural sweetness of sweet potato.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "bánh khoai" is a general category. Specific types are often named by their cooking method or additional ingredients, such as "bánh khoai chiên" (fried sweet potato cake) or "bánh khoai nướng" (baked/grilled sweet potato cake).

Variants and Related Words

• Bánh khoai mì (n): Cassava cake. A different cake made from cassava (yuca) instead of sweet potato.
• Bánh khoai lang (n): A more specific term for sweet potato cake, using the full name "khoai lang" for sweet potato.
• Bánh (n): A broad term for all kinds of cakes, pastries, breads, or dumplings in Vietnamese cuisine.

Synonyms

• Sweet potato cake.
• Sweet potato pastry.

Related Idioms

• While there are no direct idioms with "bánh khoai", it is part of the cultural idiom "ăn bánh trả tiền" (to eat cake and pay money), meaning you have to pay for what you enjoy, which can apply to buying foods like .

noun

1. Cake made of sweet potato meal (mixed with rice flour)