Fried cakes are a delicious type of cake made from glutinous rice flour and fried in oil. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to see 2 ways to make crispy fried cakes that are hard to resist, with just a few very simple steps. Take the time to prepare the ingredients and try your hand at this delicious cake right away!
1. Fried cakes with mung bean filling
-
Preparation
30 minutes
-
Cooking
20 minutes
-
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fried cakes with mung bean filling For 4 people
Glutinous rice flour 200 gr Wheat flour 20 gr Baking powder 5 gr Shredded coconut 20 gr Potato 1 tuber (cooked) Mung beans 100 gr (cooked) Unsweetened fresh milk 3 tablespoons Water 160 ml White sugar 130 gr
Tools needed
Ingredients image
How to make Fried Sweet Cakes with Mung Bean Filling
-
Mix the cake dough
Use a spoon to mash the cooked potato, add 200gr of glutinous rice flour, 20gr of regular flour, and 5gr of baking powder, and mix well.
Gradually add water into the flour bowl and mix thoroughly (about 160ml of water), then use your hands to knead the dough until it is completely dissolved, forming a soft dough.
Wrap the dough tightly with food wrap, then let it rest in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.
-
Prepare the mung bean filling
Use a pestle to mash the mung beans, then add them into a pan along with 20gr of shredded coconut, 3 tablespoons of sugar, and 3 tablespoons of unsweetened milk.
Turn on the heat and start cooking the mung beans on low heat, cooking until the mung beans are soft, sticky, and smooth, then you can turn off the heat.
Note: Do not cook the mung beans for too long, as this can make the filling dry and lose its taste.
-
Shape the cake
You divide the mung bean filling into many equal small parts, then use your hands to roll them into balls.
Similarly with the cake dough, you divide the dough into many equal parts, roll them into balls, then gently press to flatten the dough. Place the mung bean filling on top of the dough piece, carefully wrap the filling inside.
Place the cake in the center of your palm, gently press the cake a little, which helps the cake cook much faster when fried.
Tip: Before shaping the cake, you should also apply a little cooking oil on your hands so that the dough doesn’t stick to your hands.
-
Frying the cake
Put a pan with oil on the stove, heat it until the oil is hot, then drop the cakes in and fry until they are golden brown, quickly taking them out and placing them on a tray to drain excess oil.
-
Caramelizing the cake
Add 100g of white sugar and 1.5 tablespoons of water to the pan, turn on the heat, and stir continuously over medium-low heat.
Tip: Drop a little syrup into a bowl of water; if the sugar immediately hardens, you can add the cakes.
When the syrup has completely dissolved, slowly drop all the cakes into the pan, stirring continuously until the sugar forms a white layer covering the surface of the cakes, then turn off the heat.
-
Final product
The fried cakes are crispy and evenly coated with a sweet layer of sugar on the outside, while the inside is filled with fragrant mung bean filling that has a buttery and nutty flavor, making them addictive. Try them now!
2. Fried cake with sugar (recipe shared by a user)
-
Preparation
7 hours
-
Cooking
30 minutes
-
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fried cake with sugar (recipe shared by a user) Serves 4
Glutinous rice 300 gr Mung beans 100 gr Granulated sugar 200 gr Cooking oil 1 liter
Tools needed
Ingredient image
How to make Fried cake with sugar (recipe shared by a user)
-
Preparing the cake dough
For glutinous rice, you should choose large, round, fragrant grains, wash them clean, then soak in water for about 4 – 6 hours before grinding into a rice flour mixture.
After that, pour the rice flour mixture into a cloth bag, tie it tightly, and place a heavy object on top to press out all the water from the dough.
Once all the water is pressed out, you will have a thick dough mixture like modeling clay; if you take a bit of dough and find it doesn’t stick to your hands, then the dough is dry.
-
Make the filling
Wash the mung beans thoroughly and soak them in warm water for about 1 hour, then place them in a steamer to steam.
After the mung beans are cooked, add 2 spoons of sugar and stir well to mix the sugar with the mung beans.
-
Shaping and frying the cake
You divide the dough into equal parts, then add the filling and shape the cake into flat round forms.
Next, you place a pan on the stove and add 1 liter of cooking oil. When the oil is hot, add the shaped cakes and fry until both sides are golden, then remove the cakes and let them drain.
-
Caramelizing
First, you place a pan on the stove, then add the remaining sugar to the pan, add 1 tablespoon of water, and keep the heat low to dissolve the sugar completely. Then add the fried cakes and stir evenly.
When the sugar layer is dry and evenly coats the cake, turn off the heat and transfer to a plate. Wait for the cakes to cool down and then you can enjoy them.
-
Final Product
The sugar-coated doughnuts when finished have a fragrant aroma. The dough is crispy, and the doughnuts are rich, subtly sweet, and very delicious and appealing.
This will be an attractive snack for your family to enjoy during weekend gatherings.
Tips to prevent dough from sticking to your hands
- You can apply a little cooking oil to your palms before kneading the dough, which helps prevent the dough from sticking to your hands.
- If you have time, you can let the dough rest overnight in the refrigerator, which makes the bread tastier.
How to choose delicious, fluffy mung beans
- Quality mung beans will have a bright green color, with a white spot on the belly, and especially look fresh. Avoid buying if you see beans with unusual colors.
- You should choose beans that are oval-shaped, shiny, smooth, and not too scratched. Additionally, the two ends of the mung beans should be round, with a plump body.
- Mung beans have a distinctive aroma. If you smell moldy or strong chemical odors, you should definitely not buy them as they may have been heavily sprayed with pesticides.
- Avoid buying beans that show signs of pests. To ensure quality, you should buy from reputable sources.
See more:
With the how to make fried cake with mung bean filling that TasteVN just shared, we hope it can help you successfully make this delicious cake.
