Banh It

Name: Banh It
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 300g glutinous rice flour; About 250ml warm water; Filling: 150g split mung beans, cooked and mashed with sugar and coconut; Shredded coconut; Banana leaves, oiled

Bánh ít/bahn IT/

Also known as: Banh It Tran, Banh It La Gai, Vietnamese Sticky Rice Dumplings

About this dish

Small pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings filled with sweet mung bean and coconut or savoury shrimp and pork, steamed in banana leaves.

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Ingredients

🍚300g glutinous rice flour

💧About 250ml warm water

🫘Filling: 150g split mung beans, cooked and mashed with sugar and coconut

🥥Shredded coconut

🍃Banana leaves, oiled

Method

Serves 2

Knead the rice flour with warm water into a soft dough.

Shape the mung bean filling into small balls.

Wrap each ball in a piece of dough and seal.

Fold banana leaves into small pyramids around each dumpling.

Steam for 15–20 minutes until the dough turns translucent.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bánh ít is a central Vietnamese treat made for Tết and ancestor-worship days; the Bình Định version is famous.

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