Bánh khọt
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Bánh khọt

Tiny crisp coconut rice cakes, each crowned with a prawn. Wrap, dip, repeat.

45 minTime
17 gProtein each
mildSpice
Little crisp cakes2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCrisp coconut rice cakes with prawns, wrapped in lettuce and herbs.
The original
391kcalsame
17 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
45minutessame

Bánh khọt.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Rice flour1¼ cups
Tapioca starch2 tbsp
Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp
Thin coconut milk1 cup
Waterfor batter and dip
Salt½ tsp
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)sliced
Prawns (shrimp)small, peeled
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for the pan
Lettuceleaves
Mint leavesa handful
Basil leavesa handful
Cucumbersliced
Fish sauce2 tbsp, for nước chấm
Sugar2 tbsp
Lemonlime juice
Garlic1 clove, minced
Fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles)1, minced

Method

6 steps
  1. 1Whisk the rice flour, starch, turmeric, coconut milk, 100 ml water, salt and half the spring onion. Rest 30 minutes.
  2. 2Make nước chấm: fish sauce, sugar, 60 ml water, lime, garlic and chilli.
  3. 3Heat a cupped pan with a teaspoon of oil in each cup until shimmering. Pour in batter; it should sizzle hard.
  4. 4Add a prawn and a pinch of spring onion to each, cover and cook 3 minutes.
  5. 5Uncover and cook 3 minutes more until the bottoms are deep golden and crisp.
  6. 6Wrap in lettuce with herbs and cucumber, and dip.
Serve it like this

Serve straight from the pan on a platter with a basket of lettuce and herbs and a bowl of nước chấm for each person.

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What goes with Bánh khọt: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

On the side Nuoc cham5 min
On the side Rau muong xao toi10 min
A little snack Goi cuon40 min
To drink Ca phe sua da10 min
To drink Sinh tố bơ5 min
Something sweet Che chuoi30 min
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