Easy recipe for steamed rice cake, banh bo hap, a spongy, sweet, and gorgeous-looking vegan dessert. It costs next to nothing to make and fun for the kids.
Ingredients
- 4 cups rice flour
- 2 cups lukewarm water
- 1 can coconut milk , 14 ounce
- 1 cup white sugar
- 4 teaspoons tapioca starch
- 1.5 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 0.25 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons oil , or as needed
Instructions
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1
Whisk rice flour, water, coconut milk, sugar, tapioca starch, yeast, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl until smooth. Cover with a lid. Let batter rest until air bubbles rise to the surface, about 2 hours. Stir well.
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Grease cake molds with oil. Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Place cake molds on top and pour batter into each, leaving 1 3/4 inches of space at the top for rising. Bring water to a boil. Cover and steam until a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean, about 10 minutes.
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