Steamed Vegan Rice Cakes (Banh Bo Hap)

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

1. 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.

2. 2

   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.