Vietnam
Banh bo nuong
A green pandan cake that, sliced open, looks like a honeycomb built by very tidy bees.
100 minTime
5 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original326kcal
5 gprotein
1 gfibre
100minutes
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.
Ingredients
Method
6 steps- 1Blend the pandan leaves with the water and squeeze through muslin.
- 2Warm the coconut milk with the sugar and salt just until the sugar dissolves, then cool to lukewarm.
- 3Stir the eggs gently with a fork, without beating in air. Mix in the coconut milk and pandan juice, then sift in the tapioca starch and baking powder. Strain and rest.
- 4Heat the oven to 180 C with an oiled tube or bundt tin inside until very hot.
- 5Pour the batter into the hot tin and bake 10 minutes at 180 C, then 40 minutes at 160 C.
- 6Cool completely in the tin before turning out and slicing.
Serve it like this
Cut into wedges that show the strands and serve at room temperature with tea.
