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Fried rice cakes

Fried rice cakes

Desserts

A traditional Vietnamese dessert, Bánh ít trần is a rice cake with a variety of flavors.

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Recipe from Đức Anh, NewUniverse (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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Banh It, a traditional Vietnamese dessert, is made with a rice flour batter and filled with ground meat, shrimp, green beans, and coconut. Here’s how to make it.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting20 min
  • Total1 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodpan, oven
  • Estimated cost$13.10 $4.37 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

3 people
  • $3.01
  • $3.74
  • $1.39
  • $3.73
  • $0.10
  • $0.16
  • $0.04
  • $0.28
  • $0.27
  • $0.19
  • $0.19

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 11 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix the water and rice flour to create a pliable dough, then let it rest for 20 minutes.
  2. Drain the cooked and chopped green beans. Chop the dried shrimp. ≈ 2 min
  3. Heat the soybean oil in a pan, add the chopped garlic cloves, and cook until they are golden brown. Add the ground meat and cook until it is browned.
  4. Add 1/2 cup of cooked shrimp and green beans, then sprinkle with sugar and soy sauce. Mix well to season. ≈ 4 min
  5. Place the dough on a griddle and top with the seasoned meat and shrimp mixture. Divide the mixture into portions, form into balls, and flatten them. ≈ 3 min
  6. Bake the cakes in boiling water for 20 minutes.
  7. In a saucepan, heat the lemon juice with the oil from Allium sativum. Add the grated carrot and let it simmer for a few minutes.
  8. Serve the warm cakes, topped with a carrot and garlic sauce, and crumbled coconut. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Fried rice cakes

  • 300 g of rice flour$3.01
  • 200 g of dried shrimp$3.74
  • 200 g of green beans$1.39
  • 200 g of shredded and drained coconut$3.73
  • 2 cloves of garlic$0.10
  • 3 cloves of garlic$0.16
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar$0.04
  • 1 lemon$0.28
  • 3 tablespoons of soy sauce$0.27
  • 1 red carrot$0.19
  • 3 tablespoons of soy oil paint$0.19

Total$13.10

that's $4.37 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of rice flour
  • 200 g of ground pork
  • 200 g of dried shrimp
  • 200 g of green beans
  • 200 g of shredded and drained coconut
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 small sesame seed
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 lemon
  • 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 1 red carrot
  • 3 tablespoons of soy oil paint

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