The dough is a mixture of rice flour and white sesame seeds. |
Turmeric is added to give the rice paper the distinct yellow color. “Turmeric is healthy for you since it can improve your stomach condition,” said Ton That Quy, a 52-year-old rice paper maker. |
Quy said rice paper needs to be baked for a couple of minutes. His four member family can produe up to 1,200 rice papers a day. |
The rice paper sheets are later dried in the sun for about 15 minutes. |
Each sheet of rice paper costs $0.03 -$0.04. On average, a rice paper maker earns $11 each day. |
A woman stacks up rice papers before packing them. About 20 people in the craft village live off this profession. |