Vietnam

Banh Cam

Name: Banh Cam
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10 pieces
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 200 g Glutinous rice flour; 120 g Peeled mung beans; 80 g Sugar; 60 g Sesame; as needed Warm water; enough Oil for frying

Fried sesame balls with mung bean filling

Banh cam are golden, sesame-coated fried balls from southern Vietnam.

The crisp glutinous rice shell encloses a sweet filling of mung bean paste.

Servings10 pieces

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Glutinous rice flour200 g
Peeled mung beans120 g
Sugar80 g
Sesame60 g
Warm wateras needed
Oil for fryingenough

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cook the mung beans and work with sugar into a paste.
Knead the rice flour with water into a dough.
Flatten the dough and fill with bean paste.
Shape into balls and roll in sesame.
Fry in oil until golden.

Make it original

Glutinous rice flour and mung beans are in the Asia Boutique.

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