How is Crispy Vietnamese pancakes ("Banh Xeo") in western ?
1. Unforgettable Western Banh Xeo:
Banh Xeo - one of the delicious Western specialties with an unmistakable characteristic shape: the cake has a large size, round rim, thinning toward the border, crispy golden brown, full of aromatic filling Delicious, lined with smooth green banana leaves and served with all kinds of vegetables, dotted with exclusive Western-style fish sauce. This is one of the soul dishes of culinary waters.
Talk about Western Banh Xeo. Starting from the sound of flour pouring into the pan, it makes a "Xeo" sound that is called "banh xeo". The cake has a specially delicious taste, the cake bears the characteristics of Southern folklore. Depending on the preferences of each region, the cake can be the price, papaya or boneless dumplings, bacon, shrimp, chicken, or minced duck meat ... The bread is served with a variety of vegetables such as lettuce, herbs, many places people also eat with young mango buds, leaves, leaves ... but indispensable mustard greens.
Sauce is also one of the factors that contribute to increasing the taste of pancakes, sauce of pancakes must have white radish, red radish cut fibers. Many cultural researchers believe that enjoying with pentagons in pancake cuisine is applied by our fathers: hearing the sizzling sound when frying a cake, seeing the yellow of the crust, the green of vegetables, red, white, orange of the sauce, fillings ... and smell the aroma, taste delicious, fat.
The most unique is to eat by hand to feel all the characteristic flavor. The deliciousness of the Western pancake is not only from the cake, but above all in the profound sense. Because, Westerners do not pour pancakes but eat alone. Usually the whole family gathers. It is not surprising that banh xeo is always present in Doan Ngo festival trays, or other festivals - festivals and parties. Because maybe it has been a long time, banh xeo has become a "national soul" in Southern cuisine.
2. How to make Western pancakes:
Materials include:
- Pancake flour: 1 pack of 400 g
- Turmeric powder - Shrimp: 150 g
- Bacon: 150 g
- Shiitake mushrooms: 10 pcs
- Onions - Bean sprouts: 100 g - Carrots: 1 bulb
- Filtered water: 500 ml - Green beans with beans: 50 g
- Cooking oil, fish sauce, chili sugar, lettuce, herbs.
How to make pancakes:
- Pancakes are good or not depends very much on how to mix flour and pancake fillings.
Step 1: - For the package of pancake dough in clean brass with 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder. Pour 500 ml of water into the bowl with finely chopped scallions. Beat well for about 30 minutes before pouring.
Step 2: Wash shrimp and meat. Then, thinly sliced meat, pickled shiitake mushrooms, cut off shredded legs.
Step 3: Put a little oil in the pan and then fry the meat, shrimp and mushrooms together. Then seasoning to taste seasoning to taste then put the shrimp to the bowl.
Step 4: With mung beans, moms should wash, soak in water for 30 minutes and then steam. Bean sprouts washed, drained, peeled carrots.
Step 5: Put the pan on the stove for the pan to heat up, then smooth it 2-3 times the flour pan. Mothers remember to shake well to mix the pan cake pan.
Step 6: Put on the surface of the cake a few shrimp, meat, add green beans, bean sprouts, carrots and cover the pan.
Step 7: Simmer for 1-2 minutes, when you see the yellow crust is okay, then fold the pancakes in half.
Dipping recipe: Mix 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of boiling water, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of MSG, 2 minced chili peppers, 1 teaspoon of garlic until the sugar and MSG dissolve. 1 tbsp of lemon to taste and taste.