Chè is a traditional dessert from Vietnam that roughly translates as “sweet soup” or “sweet pudding”. They are commonly prepared using different kinds of beans, grains, fruits and sticky rice.
Eating Che is part and parcel of Vietnam's culture. Before examinations, students are keen on eating Che made from beans, as in Vietnamese, beans mean “pass” (pass an examination). In daily life, people usually cook Che for special occasions like weddings, first birthdays. etc.
Vietnam has a large varieties of Che or sweet soups. The country has more than 100 kinds available from the northern part of the country to the South.
Here is the list of Vietnamese Che:
1. Che Dau Do - sweet red bean soup
2. Che Chuoi - Che made from banana, coconut milk, peanuts
3. Che Hat Sen - lotus seed Che
4. Che thap cam - mixed Che, it is a mixture of many kinds of ingredients such as beans, lotus seeds, coconut milk, jelly and ice.
5. Cha Bap- sweet corn
6. Che chu?i ch?ng - Banana sweet soup, an all time favorite and very populat. In this Che, coconut sauce is required during cooking.
7. Chè B??i or Che buoi - cooked with the pomelo's white inner skin,green beans and cassava flour
8. Chè nhãn nh?c- made from dried longan
9. Chè th?t n?t - Palmyra palm fruit
10. Che bot loc thit quay - sweet soup made from cassava flour and roasted pork
11. Che khoai mon - sweet soup made from Taro
12. Che hat sen - lotus seed sweet soup
13. Che hat sen long Nhan - lotus seeds wrapped in longan pulp
14. Che dau ngu - kidney beans sweet soup
15. Che Dau Van- sweet French bean soup
16. Che Dau Ngu - sweet bean soup
17. Che Hot Sen Boc Nhan - sweet lotus seeds and longan soup
18. Che Bot Loc Boc Thit Quay - sweet rice and roast pork soup
19. Che Xoi Nuoc - sweet glutinous ball soup
20. Che Nhan Boc Hat Sen - longan wrapped lotus seed
21. Che mon sap vang - made from a variety of taro
22. Che Troi Nuoc - sticky rice cake and green pea paste. Che Troi Nuoc is also dough balls Che in Ginger Syrup
23. Che khoai - taro
24. Che dau ngu - kidney beans sweet soup
25. Che dau xanh - mungs bean drink
26. Che dau trang- black eyed pea rice pudding
27. Che Dau Hu - Tofu with Ginger Sauce
28. Che Sam Bo Luong - Sweet Soup with Dried Dates, Dried Longans, Lotus Seeds, and Seaweed
29. Che Ba Mau - three-colored sweet soup (drink) which often includes green mung beans, white black-eyed peas, red azuki beans and topped with coconut milk
30. Che Suong Sa Hot Luu - Red Jelly Tapioca Drink made of red tapioca, green jelly, and yellow mung beans topped with sweet coconut milk
31- Che Xuoi Nuoc - Mochi Dumpling with ginger-flavored syrup.
32. Che Trai Cay - Fruit Drink
33. Che Thai - Fruit Cocktail
34. Che Chuoi Chung - bananas with Sago and coconut milk (banana Sago cream)
35. Che Thung - Mixed Sweet Potato with sweet potatoes as the main ingredient
36. Che ngo - corn sweet soup
37. Chè ??u xanh ph? tai - Mung bean Seaweed (or Kelp) dessert
38. Che Tao Xon - sweet Mung Bean Soup with Coconut Cream
39. Chè mè en, also known as chí mà phù - black sesame sweet soup
40. Che Bot Loc - dough balls with different fillings and served with sweet sauce flavored with several slices of fresh ginger.