2 ways to make vegan cakes with clear, sweet and simple water at home

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Every year, on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month, many Vietnamese families come to the kitchen to make floating cakes and vegetarian cakes to worship Buddha and worship ancestors.

The use of floating cakes and vegetarian cakes in Han Thuc New Year has many profound meanings such as honoring the nation’s long-standing wet rice civilization or expressing sincerity and memorializing the deceased.

How to make traditional vegetarian cake

Ingredients for making vegetarian cakes

• 200g peeled green beans
• 200g glutinous rice flour
• 100g tapioca or tapioca flour
• 200g sugar
• 10g roasted white sesame (sesame)
• 10g grapefruit essential oil or banana oil

Note

You can replace it with green beans with the skin on, soak the beans and then clean the skins.
You can find grapefruit essential oil at bakeries.

How to make water vegetarian cake

Step 1Making the cake

First, you put 200g of green beans with skin and soak it for 3-4 hours and then put it in a steamer for about 20 minutes. When the beans are cooked, scoop out a little bit into a separate bowl (about 50g) to make tea, the rest take away the slugs to make the vegetarian cake filling.

To slug beans, you put the beans in the pan, use chopsticks to puree the beans. Next, add 75g of sugar and 30ml of water and stir well with low heat for about 20 minutes so that the beans are smooth and dry . You turn off the stove, add a little grapefruit/banana essential oil to create a scent for the filling.

After the filling has cooled, you can proceed to shape the cake by rounding it into small balls.

Boss beans and waffles small members

Note

– You can use a rice cooker or steam chicken pox with a regular pot if you don’t have a dedicated steamer.
– You can also use a blender to puree the beans instead of using a pan.
– Cover the filling with cling film while preparing the crust to prevent the filling from drying out.

Step 2Making pie crust

You put 200g of glutinous rice flour in a large bowl, then add a little warm water to mix well, when the dough is just enough moisture, stop. Next, use your hands to knead the dough until it becomes a smooth ball.

Making vegetarian crust

Step 3Shape the cake

Break a piece of dough just enough (twice the size of the filling) and then use your fingers to flatten it and put the filling in the middle . Then, carefully wrap it up and gently press the center of the body so that the cake has a flat, flat, and beautiful shape.

Repeat the above steps until all the dough and filling are used up.

Shaping vegetarian cakes

Step 4Boil the cake

You boil a pot of water and then drop the vegetarian cake in. When the cake has risen, wait for 1-2 minutes, then you can take it out and put it in a bowl of cold water to cool.

Boil the cake and soak it in cold water

Step 5Cooking tea

You boil 1 liter of water, then dissolve 100g of sugar in it. Next, you put 100g of tapioca flour or tapioca flour in a bowl and add water and stir until dissolved.

When the water boils, pour the tapioca/tapioca flour slowly into the tea pot, stirring while pouring to avoid lumps. Tapioca water begins to turn clear and thickened, reaching the required level, simmer a little more and then turn off the stove.

Finally, you add the steamed whole green beans in step 1 and stir well. You can also add grapefruit/banana essential oil to make it more delicious.

Cooking tea for vegetarian cakes

Step 6Finished product

When eating, you can drizzle more coconut milk to make the vegetarian cake more fragrant and delicious.

Garnish with some roasted sesame and you’ve finished the vegetarian cake!

How to make five-color vegetarian cake

Ingredients for making five-color vegetarian cakes

• 500g glutinous rice flour
• 30g pandan leaves
• 2g dried butterfly pea flower
• 2g dried hibiscus flowers (red artichoke)
• 50g pumpkin
• 100g roasted white sesame
• 50g green beans without skin
• 30g grated coconut
• 100g icing sugar
• 10g sliced fresh ginger
• 30ml condensed milk

How to make five-color vegetarian cake

Step 1Create color

Pumpkin has been peeled, boiled and pureed to obtain a yellow mixture.

To create a blue color, soak dried butterfly pea flowers with 85ml of boiling water. Next, you take the pandan leaves, wash them, cut them into small pieces, and then grind them to get the juice of pandan leaves to create a green color.

Create color

You soak hibiscus flowers with 85ml of boiling water to get a pink juice mixture. Finally, white is the natural color of glutinous rice flour.

Step 2Dough stuffing

You in turn mix the glutinous rice flour with the colors created in the above step according to the ratio of 100g of glutinous flour: 85ml of color. Knead the dough evenly by hand until it forms a smooth, non-sticky mass. Next, cover with cling film and incubate for about 30 minutes.

Dough stuffing

Step 3Making green bean paste

Chickpeas are soaked in water overnight or for 2-3 hours, so that they cook faster and softer. Add water to cover the beans and then with low heat until the water dries up.

Making green bean paste

Next, grind or puree the beans and mix in 20g of grated coconut and 30g of condensed milk. Put the mixture on the slug pan with low heat until the filling is smooth and dry. Divide the bean paste into equal chunks and roll them into balls.

Step 4Molded cake

Take the prepared cake dough and shape it into a ball about 3 – 3.5 cm in diameter. Use your hands to flatten the cake in the palm of your hand and put the slug green beans in the middle. Close the mouth of the dough and roll it into a ball.

Molded cake

Step 5Boiled cake with ginger juice

You prepare about 1.5 liters of water to boil, then put the vegetarian cakes in to boil. When the cake floats to the surface, leave the cake in the pot to boil for about 1-2 minutes , then the cake is cooked, then remove the cake to a bowl of cold water to prevent the cake from sticking.

Boiled cake with ginger juice

For the cake broth , add 50g of sugar and ginger fiber, stir well and cook until the sugar water turns light yellow, then turn off the heat to complete the ginger juice.

Step 6Finished product

You put the vegetarian cake in a cup, sprinkle some ginger juice and you can enjoy it. Vegetarian cake with eye-catching colors, each chewy, fragrant cake blends with rich ginger juice.

Finished product

Note when making vegetarian cakes

Note when making vegetarian cakes

• You can use other foods such as passion fruit (yellow), gac fruit (red), green tea powder, beetroot color, etc. to color the cake.
• Squeeze the cake to the right size so that when eating it is not too boring. Tighten the crust and filling so that when boiling the cake, it does not break and drop the filling.
• When kneading the dough, you should slowly add water to adjust the dose accordingly.

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So we have finished the delicious and beautiful vegetarian cake bowls! Hope you can show off your skills in making vegetarian cakes at home every day of the Han Thuc New Year or simply make a hometown gift for your family to enjoy when having the opportunity to reunite. Many people often confuse floating cake and vegetarian cake, let’s lassho.edu.vn distinguish between vegetarian cake and cake!

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