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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
45 minutes
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Difficulty
Medium
Sticky pandan cake with a chewy texture, served with creamy coconut milk and sweet syrup, is incredibly delicious. With this recipe, you won’t need to use ash water or lime water and will still get a batch of chewy and crispy cake just right. Cooking with TasteVN to showcase your skills with this cake dish!
Ingredients for Pandan Sticky Cake – Sweet Sticky Cake Serves 6 people
Tapioca flour 120 gr Rice flour 80 gr Cornstarch 1 teaspoon Coconut milk 300 ml Palm sugar 250 gr Sliced ginger 10 gr Pandan leaves 5 leaves Roasted sesame A little Sugar/ salt A little
What is tapioca starch? How to distinguish between tapioca starch and wheat flour
What is tapioca starch?
- Tapioca starch is a type of starch processed from cassava root, usually white, fine, and fluffy.
- Tapioca starch is used to create thickness and stickiness for dishes, commonly used in soups or in making desserts.
- In addition, tapioca starch is often used to make chewy, soft cakes such as steamed layer cake, tapioca cake,…
How to distinguish between tapioca starch and wheat flour
- In terms of properties, both tapioca starch and wheat flour are quite similar in color, being white. However, tapioca starch feels rough, dry, and less fine compared to wheat flour when touched.
- When mixed with water, tapioca starch creates a thick, sticky paste. In contrast, when you mix water with wheat flour, the mixture will not be thick but will expand and have a certain stickiness.
What is rice flour? How to distinguish between regular rice flour and sticky rice flour
- Rice flour is a type of flour made from finely grinding rice grains that have been soaked; it differs from rice starch (which is usually made by soaking rice in an alkaline solution instead of water).
- People can use rice flour as a substitute for wheat flour in some recipes. Rice flour is commonly used in the cuisine of Asian countries, such as Vietnam, where rice flour is often used in dishes like bánh canh, bánh bò, bánh đậu xanh, bánh xèo, bún gạo, bánh cuốn, or bánh khoái.
How to distinguish between regular rice flour and sticky rice flour
- Regular rice flour is made from common rice grains, while sticky rice flour is made from sticky rice grains (also known as glutinous rice).
- In terms of color, regular rice flour has a cloudy white and slightly dull appearance. In contrast, sticky rice flour has a natural pure white color.
- When using regular rice flour, it helps prevent food from drying out after cooking. For sticky rice flour, it gives the finished product a chewy texture.
- Regular rice is often used in baked goods like: bánh canh, bánh bò, bánh ướt, bánh xèo,… While regular rice is typically used to prepare desserts, sticky rice, etc.
Utensils Required
How to Make Steamed Rice Cake with Pandan Leaves – Sweet Steamed Rice Cake
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Strain Pandan Leaf Extract
First, wash the pandan leaves thoroughly, let them drain, then cut 2/3 of the leaves into small pieces, leaving the remaining 1/3 whole to cook with sugar water.
Next, blend the pandan leaves with 150ml of water, then strain it through a strainer to collect the extract.
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Mix Pandan Leaf Flour Mixture and Coconut Milk Flour
In a bowl, add 60g of tapioca flour, 40g of rice flour, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of sugar, and 150ml of pandan leaf extract, then stir until the flour dissolves.
In a new bowl, add 60g of tapioca flour, 40g of rice flour, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of sugar, 100ml of coconut milk, 50ml of water, and mix well.
Next, let both bowls of flour rest for about 30 minutes.
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Stir the flour
Place a pot on the stove with 150ml of water and bring to a boil. Once the water is boiling, reduce the heat to the lowest setting and slowly pour in the coconut milk flour mixture, stirring continuously until the flour thickens slightly.
At this point, remove the pot from the heat and continue stirring until the flour becomes thick.
Next, place a new pot on the stove with 150ml of water and bring to a boil. Perform the same operation as above with the pandan leaf flour.
Note: Remember to keep the heat on the lowest setting and stir continuously to prevent the flour from burning and sticking to the bottom of the pot!
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Pouring the mold and steaming the cake
You prepare a large silicone mold, then pour the pandan leaf batter into the mold, followed by pouring the coconut milk batter on top. Use a spoon to gently mix the two mixtures to create a beautiful alternating white and green marbled pattern.
Next, place the cake mold into a steamer, cover it tightly, and steam the cake for 15 – 17 minutes starting from when the water begins to boil.
Finally, let the cake cool completely and place it in the refrigerator refrigerator for 4 – 12 hours to allow the cake to set and achieve the desired chewy and crispy texture.
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Cook palm sugar and coconut milk
Place a pot on the stove, add 250g of palm sugar, 250ml of water, and 10g of sliced ginger, then cook over medium heat for 10 – 13 minutes until the sugar fully dissolves.
When the sugar has dissolved, add a small bunch of pandan leaves and cook the mixture for another minute before turning off the heat.
Place a new pot on the stove, add 200ml of coconut milk, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 2/3 tablespoon of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of cornstarch. Stir the mixture over medium heat until it boils.
When the coconut milk boils, reduce the heat to low and stir for another minute before turning off the heat.
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Completion
Remove the cake from the mold, cut into bite-sized pieces, place on a plate, drizzle with coconut milk, syrup, and sprinkle with a little toasted sesame before enjoying.
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Finished Product
Pandan leaf gelatin cake – sweet gelatin cake with striking green and white patterns, along with a light fragrant smell from pandan leaves and rich coconut milk that is incredibly appealing.
Chewing each piece of chewy, soft and crispy cake in your mouth, perfectly blended with sweet fragrant syrup, rich coconut milk is simply irresistible.
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