Friday, April 13, 2012

Vietnamese Steamed Banana Cake with Coconut Sause

I went to Vietnam this easter and this was one of the most amazing desserts I've ever tasted -- plus did a mention healthy?
Got 2 recipes for this one, so ill post both. They're pretty similar.


Recipe 1: from http://learnhowtocookvietnamesefood.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/banh-chu%E1%BB%91i-h%E1%BA%A5p-steamed-banana-cake-with-coconut-milk/
Ingredients:
-1/2 cup tapioca starch
-1/2 cup rice flour
-1/2 cup sugar
-1 ¾ cups water
-4-5 bananas
-yellow coloring
*Mix together flours, sugar, and coloring in water until dissolved. Peel and slice bananas. Grease a baking pan, and ladle in about 4 tbs of ‘batter’ then arrange a layer of bananas. Steam for about 5 mins and add more batter to cover the bananas. Steam again until the batter is clear. Cool and cut into small pieces. Serve with coconut sauce and toasted sesame seeds. Makes about 2 cakes, each cake is about 1/2 inch thick (cakes shouldn’t be too thick).
For the Coconut Sauce:
-1 can coconut milk (400ml)
-1 tbs tapioca starch
-2 tbs sugar
-1/3 tsp salt
*Stir everything together over medium heat until mixture thickens.


Recipe from http://ch3rri-blossoms.blogspot.com/2009/11/steamed-banana-cake-banh-chuoi-hap.html 
Ingredients:
10 ripe bananas
3 cup tapioca starch
1/2 cup rice flour
3/4 cup sugar
3 1/2cup water
1 tsp salt
few drops of yellow color

Method:
1. Mix the starch and flour with water, sugar, salt, and yellow coloring.
2. Slice the ripe bananas into about 1/2 inch. Make sure not too thick or thin. Stir the bananas into the flour mixture.
3. Heat a pot of water for steaming. Oil two large pans and steam the pans. Now stir the banana mixture and pour into the pan. Pour about 1 inch high. You can make the cake thicker but this will take longer to steam. Steam for at least 40 minutes. Remove any extra water on top of cake. Let the cake cool before cutting.

Coconut Dip:
1 can 560 ml coconut cream
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp cornstarch
4 1/2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt

1. Mix everything together and stir constantly over heat. Once the coconut milk become thicken then it's done. Remember to taste and see if you need more sugar.

To serve:

1. Slice the cake side way so it have the diamond shape. Pour coconut milk over and sprinkle some roasted sesame and peanuts. Sesame can be roasted in mini oven on 350F until golden. Same with peanuts. Enjoy!!!

Note: You can cook some tapioca pearl to add into the coconut milk to make sweet soup. For this you do not need the add cornstarch to the coconut milk. The tapioca pearl will thicken the soup. Remember to add more sugar for taste.



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