Sweet Potato Sticky Rice Cake (Bánh ít khoai lang) Recipe

 

Ingredients

10 Tbsp. Sweet Purple Potato 

3 Tbsp. Sweet Japanese Potato

1/3 cup Mung Bean

3/4 cup Sugar

1 cup Glutinous Flour

1 cup Glutinous Flour

3/4 cup Dry Coconut Flakes

Banana Leaves

Pandan Leaves

Water

Pinch of Kosher Salt

1 Tbsp. Ginger Strips

Fillings

Soak 1/3 cup Mung Bean overnight.  Next day, rinse until the water is clear.  Place on stove, pour in enough water to cover the Mung Bean.  Cook until all the water has been absorbed.  Set aside. 

Using medium heat, add in 2 Tbsp. Water into a pan.  Add in 3/4 cup Sugar. Mix. Add in 3/4 cup Dry Coconut Flakes. Add in the cooked Mung Bean.  Add 1 Tbsp. Ginger Strips. Mix. Add a pinch of Kosher Salt. Keep mixing until it becomes a thick paste.  Remove from heat.  Let it cool completely and then roll into balls. It should make about 13 balls.

Rinse 1 Sweet Purple Potato and 1 Sweet Japanese Potato.  Place in steamer until cooked.  Remove from steamer.  Peel the skin off and place in a bowl to smash.  You need about 10 Tbsp. of Sweet Purple Potato and 3 Tbsp. Sweet Japanese Potato. 

Sweet Purple Potato Dough

You need two bowls, each with 1 cup of Glutinous Flour. Put 10 Tbsp. of Sweet Purple Potato in one of the bowl.  Add in water and knead into a dough. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 30 minutes. 

Sweet Japanese Potato Dough

Make some Pandan Extract Juice.  You’ll need to have about 2 cups.  Mix 3 Tbsp. Sweet Japanese Potato with 1 cup Glutinous Flour.  Add in the Pandan Extract Juice until it turns into a dough. Cover with plastic wrap with set aside for 30 minutes. 

Wipe the banana leaves clean. Place two layers of banana leaves, about 9-10 inches.  Cut the edge. Fold into a cone. Repeat until you have 13 cones. 

Divide the Sweet Purple Potato dough into 7 equal balls. 

Divide the Sweet Japanese Potato dough into 6 equal balls. 

Flatten the dough, place the filling in the center and roll into a ball. Roll it in some oil.  Place it inside the Banana Leaves and fold.  Place in steamer.  Steam for 25-30 minutes.  Enjoy.