Share how to make banh tet very quickly in only 20 minutes

Prepare
30 Minutes Processing
20 Minutes For
3-5 people

Nowadays, life is getting busier and busier, most people will choose to buy banh tet from outside instead of making it themselves like before. No matter how beautiful the outside cake looks, how the taste is, whether the quality of the ingredients is really guaranteed or not is always difficult to determine.

If you are also concerned about this issue, please immediately refer to the way to pack traditional green bean cake with green bean paste below. Delicious, safe, and fast in just 20 minutes, it’s cooked.

Ingredients for making Tet cake

• 500g sticky rice
• 8 spinach plants
• 225g sliced pork
• 160g green beans without skin
• 250ml coconut milk
• 50g onion
• Condiments: Sugar, salt, pepper, sake
• Tools: Hand blender (or blender), sieve, microwave, pressure cooker, cling film, parchment paper.

Ingredients for making Tet cake

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How to make traditional Tet cake

Step 1Process materials

Process materials

To pepper, you put in the pork with 10g of sugar, a little salt, a little pepper, minced onion and 1 teaspoon of wine in a bowl and mix well .

Then, you bring the sticky rice, green beans and spinach washed . When done, cut the vegetables into small pieces , put them in a bowl with 500ml of water and start pureeing . Then, you filter the mixture through a sieve, keeping the vegetable juice and skimming the foam on top .

Next, you put the washed sticky rice in 300ml of vegetable juice for about 2 hours to create a beautiful green color for the cake. As for the green beans, you can also soak them for about 2 hours .

Step 2Cook meat

Cook meat

You put 150ml of water and 70ml of sake in the pan, when the mixture boils, add the marinated pork. Close the lid and cook until the water dries up. When you’re done, remove the meat to a plate.

Step 3Win the juice

Win the juice

You put 250ml of coconut milk into the pan, when the mixture boils, use a rack to stir well and reduce the heat to low . You continue to stir until the oil turns white and yellow, then turn off the heat.

Step 4Cook sticky rice and green beans

Cook sticky rice and green beans

You put the soaked glutinous rice in a heat-resistant bowl, pour the coconut on top, mix well and spread it out evenly . Then, pour 300ml of spinach juice into a bowl of glutinous rice, then cover with cling film. When done, put it in the microwave, cook for 10 minutes at 500W .

Similarly, you also put the soaked green beans in a heatproof bowl, then add 170ml of water . Next, you put the bowl of beans in the microwave, cook for 8 minutes at 500W . This is an important step to facilitate faster baking.

Step 5Package of cake

Make Banh Tet

You divide the cooked glutinous rice and beans into 6 equal parts . Then, you take turns spreading food wrap and stencils on the table . When you’re done, scoop out a thin layer of sticky rice on a parchment paper , then spread out a portion of beans and place a piece of boiled meat on top .

Next, you add 1 part of beans on top of the meat, then add 1 part of sticky rice on top and roll it up . When you’re done , wrap an extra layer of wax paper on the outside, then tie the cake with a string .

Step 6Cook bread

Cook Tet cake

Put water about half way through the pressure cooker and bring to a boil. When the water boils, you put the cake in, put the plate on top to keep the cake always in the water . When done, boil it for 20 minutes . Finally, when the cake is cooked, you can cut it into slices and enjoy.

Finished product

Banh tet

After being boiled in a pressure cooker, the cake is extremely fragrant. The cake has a very beautiful bright green color , almost like a cake wrapped in leaves. When enjoying, you will feel each grain of sticky rice soft, not mushy or awkward at all. In it, there is also the fleshy taste of green beans, fatty leopard from coconut milk and delicious, bold pork . Have to say it’s great.

How to preserve Tet cake?

To preserve the cake for 2-3 days, you just need to keep the cake in a dry, ventilated place and do not put it in a tightly tied plastic bag, it will cause the cake to spoil.

If you want to preserve it longer, you can put the cake in the refrigerator, this way can keep the cake for 15 days . When using, you just need to take the cake out and steam it again.

Refer to the article How to preserve banh chung and banh tet for more than 10 days without spoiling

How to preserve Tet cake?

The meaning of Tet cake on Tet holiday

Banh Tet has an outer layer wrapped with many leaves symbolizing a mother enveloping her child, bringing the Vietnamese people’s desire to reunite on Tet. In addition, the green bean paste of the banh tet also symbolizes the green color of the countryside, with the desire to settle down and have a peaceful and prosperous spring.

Although the cake is simple, it contains many meanings about the family gathering and affluence on the coming New Year. Banh Tet also means thanking heaven and earth, remembering the deceased and praying for happiness.

Refer to the article Southern New Year tells the story ‘The origin and meaning of Tet cakes’

The meaning of Tet cake on Tet holiday

Hopefully, through the above sharing, you will know how to make banh tet very quickly in just 20 minutes. Now there’s no need to buy outside, save this delicious recipe and show off your talents to treat your loved ones.

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