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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Phuc Linh cake is one of the delicious traditional cakes that still has a flavor that many people love. In the article below, TasteVN will guide you on how to make the naturally colored and fragrant Phuc Linh cake simply at home. Let’s get cooking right away!
Ingredients for Naturally Colored Phuc Linh Cake Serves 4
Tapioca flour 400 gr Coconut milk 150 ml Butterfly pea flowers 10 gr (10 flowers) Pandan leaves 20 leaves Sugar 100 gr
What is tapioca starch (tapioca flour)? Where to buy tapioca starch?
- Tapioca starch is a cooking ingredient made from cassava starch; people in the South call it tapioca flour, people in the North call it sago flour or dao flour, while people in the Central region call it tapioca starch.
- Because it can create high viscosity and adhesion, tapioca starch is widely used in cooking, used to create many dishes with different shapes such as various types of jelly, desserts, dumplings,…
- You can buy tapioca starch (tapioca flour) at grocery stores, supermarkets, stores in the TasteVN system, or buy online at the website bachhoaxanh.com.
Tools Needed
Blender, spoon, knife, cutting board, strainer,…
How to Make Natural Colored Phuc Linh Cake
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Prepare the Ingredients
Wash the pandan leaves thoroughly, then blend half of the pandan leaves with 20ml of water in a blender until smooth, then strain to obtain the juice and cook until done. Cut the remaining pandan leaves into pieces.
Soak the butterfly pea flowers in 20ml of warm water for about 10 minutes, then strain to obtain the juice and bring to a boil.
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Sauté the Flour
Place a pan on the stove over medium heat. When the pan is hot, add 400g of tapioca flour and the cut pandan leaves, and stir-fry for about 5 minutes until dry.
Next, sift the flour and discard the dried pandan leaves.
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Cook the coconut milk
You place a pan on the stove over medium heat, add 150ml of coconut milk, add 100gr of sugar and stir well for about 1 minute until the sugar dissolves, then turn off the heat.
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Mix the flour
You add the cooked coconut milk to the fried tapioca flour, use gloves to knead evenly for about 2 minutes, then divide into 3 portions, keeping 1 portion intact.
For the second portion of flour, add 20ml of cooked pandan leaf juice and mix well.
For the final portion of flour, add 20ml of blue pea flower infusion and also mix well until the flour is evenly colored.
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Press the mold
You prepare a mold in your favorite shape, then put the prepared dough into the mold, pressing each color of dough into the mold tightly by hand, then gently tapping it on the table to release the cake from the mold.
And you have completed the natural color Phuc Linh cake!
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Final Product
The pieces of Phuc Linh cake have beautiful floral patterns, eye-catching colors, and a faint aroma of pandan leaves and butterfly pea flowers that gradually melt in your mouth.
The cake’s mild sweetness makes it easy to feel the softness of the tapioca flour, the rich creaminess of the coconut milk, and the subtlety of the pandan leaf flavor. You can arrange them on a plate and invite everyone to enjoy!
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Thus, the method for making natural colored bánh phục linh has been successfully completed at home. TasteVN wishes you success in your endeavor!
