Southern Vietnam

Banh xeo

Name: Banh xeo
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups rice flour; 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 2/3 cup thin coconut milk; 1 cup water; 2 sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1/2 tsp salt; Prawns (shrimp), small, peeled; Pork, pork belly, thinly sliced; 1 small sliced onion; 2 cups bean sprouts moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts); 3 tbsp soaked and steamed moong dal (split yellow mung beans); 3 tbsp for frying cooking oil (vegetable oil); Lettuce, leaves to wrap; a handful mint leaves; a handful basil leaves; 2 tbsp for nuoc cham fish sauce; 2 tbsp sugar; Lemon juice, lime juice; 2 cloves garlic; 1 green chilli

Crispy turmeric crepes named after the sound they make. Wrap in lettuce, dunk, repeat.

50 minTime

28 gProtein each

mildSpice

1hPlan ahead. Soak for 1 hour first; the 50 minutes come after.

The sizzling cake1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPrawns, pork, sprouts and mung bean.

The original

634kcalsame

28 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

50minutessame

Banh xeo.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rice flour1¼ cups

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Thin coconut milk⅔ cup

Water1 cup

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced

Salt½ tsp

Prawns (shrimp)small, peeled

Porkpork belly, thinly sliced

Onion1 small, sliced

Moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts)2 cups bean sprouts

Moong dal (split yellow mung beans)3 tbsp, soaked and steamed

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp, for frying

Lettuceleaves to wrap

Mint leavesa handful

Basil leavesa handful

Fish sauce2 tbsp, for nuoc cham

Sugar2 tbsp

Lemon juicelime juice

Garlic2 cloves

Green chilli1

Method

5 steps

1Whisk rice flour, turmeric, coconut milk, water, salt and spring onion into a thin batter. Rest 30 minutes.
2Heat a little oil in a wide pan. Fry a few pork slices, prawns and onion until the pork is cooked through.
3Pour in a ladle of batter and swirl to cover the pan. It should sizzle loudly. Scatter mung dal and sprouts on one half, cover 1 minute.
4Uncover and cook until the bottom is golden and crisp. Fold in half and slide out.
5Make nuoc cham. Wrap pieces of crepe in lettuce with herbs and dip.

Serve it like this

Serve each crepe folded on a plate with a big basket of lettuce and herbs and small bowls of nuoc cham. Eat with your hands.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Southern Vietnam

Banh xeo

Crispy turmeric crepes named after the sound they make. Wrap in lettuce, dunk, repeat.

50 minTime

28 gProtein each

mildSpice

1hPlan ahead. Soak for 1 hour first; the 50 minutes come after.

The sizzling cake1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPrawns, pork, sprouts and mung bean.

The original

634kcalsame

28 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

50minutessame

Banh xeo.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rice flour1¼ cups

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Thin coconut milk⅔ cup

Water1 cup

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced

Salt½ tsp

Prawns (shrimp)small, peeled

Porkpork belly, thinly sliced

Onion1 small, sliced

Moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts)2 cups bean sprouts

Moong dal (split yellow mung beans)3 tbsp, soaked and steamed

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp, for frying

Lettuceleaves to wrap

Mint leavesa handful

Basil leavesa handful

Fish sauce2 tbsp, for nuoc cham

Sugar2 tbsp

Lemon juicelime juice

Garlic2 cloves

Green chilli1

Method

5 steps

1Whisk rice flour, turmeric, coconut milk, water, salt and spring onion into a thin batter. Rest 30 minutes.
2Heat a little oil in a wide pan. Fry a few pork slices, prawns and onion until the pork is cooked through.
3Pour in a ladle of batter and swirl to cover the pan. It should sizzle loudly. Scatter mung dal and sprouts on one half, cover 1 minute.
4Uncover and cook until the bottom is golden and crisp. Fold in half and slide out.
5Make nuoc cham. Wrap pieces of crepe in lettuce with herbs and dip.

Serve it like this

Serve each crepe folded on a plate with a big basket of lettuce and herbs and small bowls of nuoc cham. Eat with your hands.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Banh xeo

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Banh xeo

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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