Description
'Pig skin cake'. A steamed layer cake featuring alternating chewy green (pandan/tapioca) and soft yellow (mung bean) layers. No actual pig skin.
Restaurants serving Banh Da Lon
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Tapioca starch
- Rice flour
- Pandan leaf
- Mung bean
- Coconut milk
Instructions
- Make green pandan/tapioca batter and yellow mung bean batter.
- Pour thin layers alternately into a mold and steam.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Pandan leaf
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Uiro (Japanese steamed cake)
Pairing
All teas
Trivia
Named 'pig skin' because the high tapioca content gives it a rubbery, bouncy elasticity similar to actual pork skin.
Eating tips & etiquette
Eaten by hand, often peeling the layers apart one by one—a favorite way for Vietnamese kids to eat it.
Allergen
Soy (Mung bean)