2 ways to make simple Doan Ngo Tet (banh ú ash) at home

Banh ú leaf ash (also known as banh tro, banh gio) is one of the traditional cakes containing the quintessence of national culinary culture . This is an indispensable cake to worship ancestors on the Day of the Dragon Boat Festival as well as Vietnamese parties in general because of its chewy crust and fatty taste that melts in the mouth. According to folklore, this cake is sweet and cool, so it is suitable for children and family members who are having a fever.

In addition, cake is also useful in neutralizing harmful substances in food and drink to protect health . If you don’t know what to eat on New Year’s Eve, please refer to this article!

Read more: What do you worship on the Dragon Boat Festival? What does the Lunar New Year offerings include?

Instructions for making green bean ash cake

Prepare
30 Minutes Processing
90 Minutes For
4-5 people

Ingredients for making green bean ash cake

• 600g glutinous rice
• 200g peeled green beans
• 1 cotton shell
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• Bamboo leaves, wrapping wire
• Water
• Hot water
• Road

How to make ash cake with green bean paste

Step 1Make ash water

You burn the cotton wool to make black fine ash, then put it in 1 cup filled with water, let it sit for about 1 hour for the ash to settle down . Then you drain the clear water on the surface and then you can filter it through the sieve a few times until the ash water is free of residue.

Step 2Washing rice

Glutinous rice: wash clean and then put in ash water, soak for about 16 hours. After that, you drain the ash water, wash the sticky rice with water a few times to clean it, then drain, put in 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and shake it up to create shine and increase the softness of the sticky rice.

Step 3Cake filling

Put the pot on the stove, put green beans in and boil until soft with a little water. Then, add in the pot about 3 tablespoons of sugar or more if you want the filling to be sweet, stir quickly to make the beans smooth.

Pour green beans into the pan, proceed to slug over low heat until the beans are dry, stir well.

Next, add 3 tablespoons of sugar to the beans, the amount of sugar depends on your taste, turn off the heat and let it cool.

Divide the filling into small portions, round and set aside on a plate.

Step 4Wrapper

Wash bamboo leaves, put in a pot of boiling water, blanch briefly, drain. This step will make the leaves softer and easier to wrap.

Take 2 bamboo leaves stacked on top of each other but leave the 2 leaves slightly apart, slowly roll the top of the bamboo leaf into a funnel shape, the bottom of the leaf is tightly closed in the middle.

Scoop about 2 tablespoons of glutinous rice into the funnel-shaped leaves, put 1-2 balls of the filling inside, and then pour in more glutinous rice to cover the filling, press down firmly with a spoon.

Fold the remaining corners of the leaves tightly, and tie them with twine. Continue wrapping the cake until all the ingredients are ready, tie the cake into bunches.

How to cook cakes: Pour water so that the water covers the surface of the cake about 1 hand, bring to a boil, and then drop each bunch of cakes in and boil for 1.5 – 2 hours.

Note : In the process of making banh ú ash, you need to pay attention to the amount of water during cooking, sometimes add boiling water to avoid running out of water, do not add filtered water because it will make the sticky rice mushy. When the cake is done, remove the cake from the pot, rinse with cold water and hang up, drain.

Finished product

When opening the cake, if the cake is delicious, the glutinous rice grain will be clear, the green bean filling will have a light aroma, sweet and soft flesh. When enjoying, you will feel the cake is extremely soft and fragrant.

Some notes when making ú ash cakes:

– You can buy ready-made ash juice at the market to save time in preparation.

– The amount of sugar added to the cake when the slugs can be reduced to suit the taste.

– Do not pour cold water into the cake while it is boiling because it will make the rice grain mushy.

Instructions for making ash cake without filling

Prepare
30 Minutes Processing
90 Minutes For
3-5 people

Ingredients for making ash cake without filling

• 2kg glutinous rice
• 2 pieces of ship ash
• Bamboo leaves

Ingredients for making ash cake without filling

How to make ash cake without filling

Step 1Process materials

First, you mix 2 Chinese ash tablets with 200ml of hot water , stir until dissolved into a mixture of ash water. Soak the glutinous rice several times until the water is really clear, pour water into the sticky rice to soak for about 4 hours, add 200ml of ash water to soak for another 20 hours.

Bamboo leaves are washed and then steamed for 5 minutes , then let cool, dry with a clean towel to dry the two sides of the leaves so that the cake will last longer.

Process materials

Step 2Make ash cake without filling

After soaking the sticky rice for 24 hours, take it out and drain the water. Fold the bamboo leaves into the shape of a funnel, then scoop each spoonful of sticky rice into it , compress it.

Bun pack

Next, you fold the mouth of the cake and gently fold the cake in the shape of a pyramid, wrap the cake tightly with a wire , and make all the sticky rice soaked. Finally, you put the cake into the cake pot, pour cold water over the cake, boil the cake for 5 hours , then the cake will be clear and flexible.

Boil the cake for 5 hours, the cake will be clear and flexible

Finished product

The ash cake without filling has a shiny ash color that looks enchanting, tasting you will feel the sweetness of the cake , although there is no filling, it is quite delicious, not boring at all.

The ash cake without filling has a shiny ash color that looks mesmerizing

Instructions for making molasses dotted with troi cake

Prepare
3 Minutes Processing
5 Minutes For
3-5 people

Ingredients for making molasses dotted with cakes

• 3 tablespoons brown sugar (or black sugar)
• 3 tablespoons condensed coconut milk
• ½ teaspoon salt

Ingredients for making molasses dotted with cakes

How to make molasses dotted with troi cake

Step 1Process materials

First, you put the pot on the stove, add 3 tablespoons of brown sugar, 3 tablespoons of condensed coconut milk , then turn on the stove.

Put the ingredients in the pot

Step 2Complete

When boiling, wait for the ingredients to dissolve together, add ½ teaspoon of salt to soften the sweetness of the sauce , then stir to combine them together, cook for another 3 minutes, then turn off the heat, pour out bowl.

Heat and stir until ingredients are dissolved

Finished product

The molasses sauce is wavy, has a beautiful caramel color, so it has a sweet, rich, aromatic flavor , dipping it with unstuffed ú ash cake is very suitable.

The molasses sauce is wavy, with a beautiful caramel color

Above is how to make ash cake with ash juice and molasses sauce, hope through the above article you will know a new way to make ash cake, wish you success the first time.

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