How to make delicious and fragrant traditional nest cake of the Chinese people

The Chinese Banh Toi originated in China and was introduced to Quang Nam province, Vietnam in the 16th-17th centuries. Since then, tortoise cakes have always appeared on the ancestral altars of the people here.

Referring to the cuisine of Quang, no one is unaware of the famous specialty of Banh To, which is famous for its extremely attractive taste and is often used to worship on New Year’s Day. Today, let’s go to Tnhelearning.edu.vn to find out the recipe for this special cake.

How to make Chinese nest cake

Prepare
15 Minutes Processing
60 Minutes For
3-4 people

Ingredients for making Chinese nest cake

• 400g glutinous rice flour
• 1 tablespoon tapioca flour
• 150 gr granulated sugar
• 250g jaggery
• 500ml water

Ingredients for making Chinese nest cake

Instructions on how to make Chinese nest cake

Step 1Cooking sugar water

You cook the sugar mixture with water until it dissolves, then let the mixture cool slightly and then add the glutinous rice flour and tapioca flour.

Note: The water must be warm, if the water is still hot, the dough will be cooked and the cake will not be smooth.

Cooking sugar water

Step 2Dough

While kneading the dough, if it is found that the flour is buffalo brain, we take a sieve to filter it to smooth.

Dough

Step 3Steamed buns

After kneading the dough, you put the dough into the mold, steam the cake for 4 hours , open the lid once every hour to wipe the water on the lid.

Steamed buns

Step 4Finished product

With just a few simple steps, you have completed a delicious, exotic cake. The Chinese nest cake has a beautiful dark yellow color, delicious and attractive cake.

Chinese nest cake

How to make Quang Nam ancestral cakes

Process
150 minutes Preparation
15 Minutes For
3-4 people

Ingredients for making Quang Nam ancestral cakes

• 500g glutinous rice flour
• 330ml bowl sugar (can be replaced with brown sugar)
• 100g ginger
• White sesame

• Banana leave

Ingredients for making nest cake

Good tip
– To choose delicious ginger, you should choose our ginger root, they are usually smaller in size than Chinese ginger, rough skin and darker color.
– The defective part of the ginger has a round vein and has a lot of fiber while the Chinese ginger is less fibrous and has no vein. In addition, our ginger will have a strong, natural pungent aroma while Chinese ginger will not.
– Sugar bowl is a specialty of Quang Nam, so it will be a bit difficult to find, you can refer to some reputable stores and websites to buy this type of sugar. If you can’t find sugar in the Central region, you can replace it with brown sugar or jaggery.

Instructions on how to make Quang Nam ancestral cakes

Step 1Process materials

For bowl sugar (the typical sugar of the Central region), you use a knife to shave them into pieces of about 330g.

Ginger after peeling, you put it in the mortar with about 30ml of water , pound it and squeeze out the ginger juice.

Hot Tip: If you’re using brown sugar, skip this step.

Process materials

Step 2Make the dough for nest cake

Put 330g of grated sugar in a bowl with 30ml of ginger juice. Next, you add 500ml of hot water, stir well and then add 500g of glutinous rice flour to the mixture . Mix well until it forms a smooth paste.

Make the dough for nest cake

Step 3Package of cake

Use about 2 pieces of banana leaves to stack and then fold it into a mold with your hands, then fix it with staples. Slowly pour the cake batter into the pan. Do this until all the dough is prepared.

Package of cake

Step 4Steamed buns

Put the cake in a basket, steam it for 2 hours with low heat to cook evenly. After the cake is cooked, take it out and sprinkle a little sesame on top to enjoy.

Steamed buns

Step 5Finished product

The cake looks extremely attractive, soft, flexible cake with the natural sweetness of sugar and the strong aroma of ginger will make you remember this wonderful taste forever. In addition, you can also transform into fried nest cake, fried egg cake, carp-shaped cake is also very special!

Delicious soft chewy nest cake

Notes when making cakes

When making a cake, you should note a few things to make the cake more delicious and perfect:

• If you want to make a standard Chinese nest cake, you should buy sticky rice, wash it, dry it and grind or pound it into a fine powder.
• If you don’t have banana leaves, you can use cups or other utensils instead.
• When steaming, you should open the lid a few times and then wipe the remaining water inside the lid, so that the water does not fall on the surface of the cake to pit the surface.
• When steaming, you can use a chopstick or toothpick to poke the cake to know if the cake is cooked or not, if the dough does not stick to the toothpick, it is cooked. Or see the color of the cake when you see the cake is hunting again, if it is golden brown or white, it is cooked.
• After the cake has cooled, it should be stored in a cool, dry place.

Notes when making cakes

So, just now, Tnhelearning.edu.vn has revealed to you a very attractive recipe for bold nest cake. Hope you will successfully make this cake.

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