How to Make Simple and Delicious Three-Color Banh Tet for a More Colorful Tet Celebration

How to make 3-color Bánh tét

• 1

  Prepare the beans and sticky rice

  Peel the green beans, rinse them briefly, then soak the beans in water for about 2 – 4 hours.

  After soaking, remove the beans and rinse them again with water. Do the same with the sticky rice.

  

  

  

  
• 2

  Steam the beans and sticky rice

  Place the soaked green beans in a steamer, lined with a layer of foil underneath, and steam in a rice cooker until the green beans are soft.

  For the sticky rice, place the soaked rice in a steamer lined with a banana leaf, then place it over the pot and steam on high heat for about 30 minutes.

  Tip: Steaming the sticky rice will make it easier for you to wrap the cake!

  

  

  
• 3

  Make the pink-purple sticky rice

  Add 100ml of dragon fruit juice, 1 teaspoon of red food coloring, and 100ml of coconut milk into the pan. Next, add 50g of sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt, then bring to a boil over low heat.

  When the dragon fruit mixture is simmering, add half of the previously steamed sticky rice into the pan and stir over low heat until the dragon fruit juice is evenly absorbed into the rice, making the rice sticky and shiny.

  Tip:

  • You can replace dragon fruit with pandan leaves!
  • Adding food coloring will help the sticky rice retain its pink-purple color longer.

  

  

  
• 4

  Make the green sticky rice

  Place a pan on the stove, add 100ml of pandan leaf juice, 100ml of coconut milk, 50g of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of salt, then bring to a boil over low heat.

  Next, add the remaining half of the steamed sticky rice into the pan and stir until the rice is evenly colored and has the right stickiness.

  

  
• 5

  Make mung bean filling

  Add 150ml of coconut milk, the entire amount of steamed mung beans into the pan and sauté on low heat for about 5 minutes.

  Next, season with 40g of sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt into the pan and continue stirring until the mung beans become sticky, then turn off the heat.

  

  

  
• 6

  Wrap the Banh Tet

  Prepare 3 layers of banana leaves, with the outer leaves placed vertically and the inner leaves placed horizontally. Next, place the entire amount of pandan leaf sticky rice on top and spread it evenly.

  Then, add the pink-purple sticky rice on top and also spread it evenly. Do the same with the mung bean filling that was cooked earlier.

  Finally, roll the Banh Tet into a cylindrical shape and secure it with string to complete.

  

  

  

  
• 7

  Steaming the cake

  Put the wrapped banh tet into a steamer and steam for about 60 minutes over medium heat until the banana leaves change color.

  

  
• 8

  Final product

  Cut the steamed banh tet into small slices, remove the banana leaf wrapping, and place it on a plate for the 3-color banh tet that is successfully made!

  The 3-color banh tet has an eye-catching and attractive appearance, with soft and chewy sticky rice combined with fragrant and soft mung bean filling, and the rich coconut milk flavor will make you fall in love!