Vietnam

Bánh Ít

Name: Bánh Ít
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10 pieces
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 250 g Glutinous rice flour; 150 g Mung beans (split); 60 g Sugar; 50 g Grated coconut; for wrapping Banana leaves; some of each Oil & salt

Steamed glutinous rice pyramids with bean filling

Bánh ít are small steamed glutinous rice dumplings, traditionally wrapped into pyramids in banana leaves.

The sweet version is filled with mung bean paste and belongs to festivals and ancestral ceremonies in central Vietnam.

Servings10 pieces

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Glutinous rice flour250 g
Mung beans (split)150 g
Sugar60 g
Grated coconut50 g
Banana leavesfor wrapping
Oil & saltsome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cook the mung beans soft, work with sugar and coconut into a paste.
Knead the rice flour with warm water into a dough.
Form dough balls and fill with the paste.
Wrap into pyramids in oiled banana leaves.
Steam about 20 minutes and let cool.

Make it original

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

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