Cooking in progress....

• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Southeast Asian >> Vietnamese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. You will also need: Strings and 6 phrynium leaves or aluminum foil can be used as substitute. | 2. Steam or boil mung bean with half a tsp of salt until soft, may take up to 45 minutes depending on how large your steamer is. | 3. Smash bean thoroughly. | 4. Place 2 leaves in one direction, slightly overlapping, then 2 perpendicular, also overlapping, and the last layer like the first. | 5. If use aluminum foil, place them crossing each other. | 6. Place half of the rice on the leaves, topped with half of the mung beans. | 7. Lay the pork on top of the beans, and then add the last of the beans followed by last of the rice. | 8. Fold the leaves/foils over the cake very tightly into a square, use string to secure the cake. | 9. Place in a large pot, cover with water and boil for about 6 hours. | 10. Add water every hour if necessary. | 11. After 6 hours or so, remove the cake, submerge it into cold water for a few minutes. | 12. The cake lasts up to 10 days on a cool dry place. | 13. The easiest way to cut up the cake is to open it and use the string to cut it up into 8 portions. | 14. Best served with pickled onions. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
glutinous rice	200		soaked	136900.0	30221.6	2519.7	203.5
mung bean overnight	100 -150	g	soaked	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
pork	100		cut	115600.2622	0.0	10948.0248	8001.3515
salt pepper				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.