We are all too familiar with traditional green bean and meat banh tet, but if you do not know about cashew, banana and corn banh tet, here are 3 new ways to wrap banh tet with unique flavors that you should try this Tet 2024.
1. How to wrap banana cake
Maybe many people will be wrong banana cake is a type of banh tet wrapped in banana leaves. But the type of banh tet banana mentioned by Websosanh.vn in this article is the type of banh tet with the filling of ripe, fragrant and sweet banana.
Although it sounds strange and is a fairly new type of banh tet to many people, it is different for people in the West. Banana banh tet with its characteristic flavor is the sweetness of banana mixed with sticky rice mixed with a few fatty black beans created by the people here.
1.1. Prepare and process raw materials
How to wrap banh tet Banana cake is quite simple. First you need to prepare the following ingredients (for 6 cakes):
1 kg sticky rice: Rinse and soak in warm water for about 2 hours before wrapping the banh tet.
12 ripe bananas: Peel the banana, leave it whole and place it on a tray. Add a little wine, half a tablespoon of sugar and turn it over to coat the banana evenly. Cover with plastic wrap and let it marinate for about 2 hours.
About 8 banana leaves: Cut into small pieces measuring 20x20cm.
500g black beans: Soak overnight in water, rinse and drain.
After soaking, put the sticky rice in a large pan, add coconut milk, sugar and a little salt, stir well and cook for about 5 minutes. Next, add the soaked black beans and stir well. Cover to keep warm.
Banana sticky rice cake with chewy sticky rice and beautifully red banana filling (Photo: Ngoctt).
How to wrap banh tet Banana cake is similar to banh tet with meat filling. First, place banana leaves underneath and scoop sticky rice into the middle, spreading it out into a rectangle. Then:
Place the marinated banana in the middle, start pressing gently with your hands so that the sticky rice and filling stick together, the sticky rice covers the filling inside.
Fold the banana leaf into 2 folds and tie it with string to secure it. Fold one end of the cake and stand it up, pat the fold at the end to make it flat, then press one side of the leaf down, fold the next part of the leaf in order: left, right and finally opposite. Do the same for the other end of the cake.
The final step is to tie each loop securely and beautifully.
After being wrapped, the banana cake will be boiled for 5-6 hours. The finished product is a chewy texture, the banana filling turns a beautiful red color.
2. How to wrap cashew banh tet
One how to wrap banh tet Another unique thing you can try for Tet 2024 is banh tet with cashew nuts and pork belly, also known as banh tet with cashew nuts. Just by hearing the name, you can probably tell that the special feature of this cake lies in the fatty cashew nuts.
2.1. Prepare and process raw materials
The amount of ingredients for 10 loaves of bread is as follows:
3 kg sticky rice: Wash and soak for 9 hours, rinse and drain.
1.5 kg cashew nuts: Choose seeds of uniform size, ivory color and a certain crispness. Also wash the cashews and soak them in water for about 2 hours, remove and drain.
500g pork belly:Buy it home, wash it, cut it into bite-sized pieces and marinate it with familiar spices such as salt, sugar and ground pepper. Cashew sticky rice cake is rich and fatty with cashew nut filling mixed with pork belly to create an irresistible flavor (Photo: Anhtp).
2.2. Wrapping cashew banh tet
How to wrap cashew banh tet as follows:
First, spread the banana leaves out on a flat surface. Scoop out a bowl of soaked sticky rice and spread it out lengthwise.
Next, add the filling, including cashews and pork belly, in the middle. The cashews must also be spread out evenly lengthwise to cover the meat filling. Wrap the cake as usual and tie it tightly.
Boil the banh tet over medium heat for about 5-6 hours. The finished product is a unique banh tet with meat and cashew filling that is both fatty and rich.
3. How to wrap corn cake
One of the how to wrap banh tet The new thing that you must try this Tet 2024 is corn cake. This is a specialty cake of Dat Do people in Ba Ria, Vung Tau. The main ingredient of corn cake is delicious corn that is carefully selected and harvested. Corn cake filling does not have meat but pureed green beans. These two ingredients combine extremely well and create a delicious and unique flavor.
3.1. Prepare and process raw materials
Ingredients for 5 loaves:
2.5kg glutinous corn flour: Corn cake is not made from sticky rice but from finely ground sticky corn. The corn must be chosen to be not too old or too young so that the cake will be the most delicious and sticky. After buying, wash it, shred it, and put it in a blender to create a smooth corn flour. You can add a little salt to enhance the flavor according to your preference. Each cake uses about 500kg of corn flour.
600g green beans: Soak in water, then cook and mash until smooth. If you want to eat the original flavor, you don’t need to add spices. If you want it to be sweeter and more fragrant, you can add a little sugar or shredded coconut, oil or fat to create fat.
Banana leaves
3.2. Wrapping corn cakes
The way to wrap corn banh tet is the same as usual, but the cake will be smaller, about the size of a wrist.
Place the leaves at the bottom, then add a layer of cornstarch and a layer of pureed mung bean paste. Roll it up and tie it tightly with banana or bamboo string, boil for about 1.5 hours until cooked.
The finished product is a small corn cake, exuding the aroma of corn. Biting into it, it is both chewy and sweet with the fatty taste of mung beans, creating an irresistible taste. The cake is best eaten when cold.
Corn sticky rice cake – a specialty of Dat Do people, with the fragrant aroma of corn mixed with pureed mung bean filling (Photo:Phunuonline).
How to wrap banh tet The corn that Websosanh.vn introduces above may not be exactly the same as the taste of the local people because the main ingredient is the specialty corn of the local Dat Do people, which is quite difficult to find. You have to choose corn that is golden enough and old enough to wrap. However, this is a type of cake worth trying during Tet when you are tired of traditional meat banh tet, helping you enjoy a new cake and reminding you of the taste of the homeland of Dat Do for those who are far from home.
