Bánh da lợn

Bánh da lợn
Bánh da lợn lá dứa green leaf cake with pandan leaves flavor
TypeLayer cake
CourseSnack, dessert
Place of originSouth Vietnam
Region or stateSoutheast Asia
Main ingredientsRice flour, tapioca starch, mung beans, taro or durian, coconut milk or water, sugar
Similar dishesKuih lapis, Kutsinta

Bánh da lợn, bánh da heo (lit.'pig skin cake'),[a][1] or bánh chín tầng mây (lit.'nine-layer cloud cake') is a Vietnamese steamed layer cake made from tapioca starch, rice flour,[2] mashed mung beans, taro, or durian, coconut milk and/or water, and sugar. It is sweet and gelatinously soft in texture, with thin (approximately 1 cm) colored layers alternating with layers of mung bean, durian, or taro filling.

Typical versions of bánh da lợn may feature the following ingredients:

In modern cooking, artificial food coloring is sometimes used in place of the vegetable coloring.

Kuih lapis, which is made in Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as the Thai khanom chan, are similar to bánh da lợn. In the Philippines, a similar dessert and variant of kutsinta is simply called Vietnamese kutsinta and the Khmer of Cambodia call it num chak chan (នំចាក់ចាន់).

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Notes

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  1. ^ The "d" in "da" is pronounced like a "z" in northern Vietnamese pronunciation and like a "y" in southern Vietnamese pronunciation.

References

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  1. ^ "Bánh da lợn, a popular sweet cake of the south". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
  2. ^ Thompson, Kat (2021-02-12). "How to Make Red Sticky Rice for Vietnamese New Year". Thrillist. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
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