Banh Nam

Name: Banh Nam
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 150g rice flour and 30g tapioca starch; 400ml pork or shrimp stock; 150g shrimp, minced; 100g pork, minced; Shallots and pepper; Banana leaves; Dipping sauce: fish sauce, sugar, lime and chilli

Bánh nậm/bahn NUM/

Also known as: Banh Nam Hue, Hue Flat Rice Dumplings

About this dish

Flat, silky rice-flour dumplings with a thin layer of minced shrimp and pork, steamed in banana leaves.

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Ingredients

🍚150g rice flour and 30g tapioca starch

🥥400ml pork or shrimp stock

🦐150g shrimp, minced

🐖100g pork, minced

🧅Shallots and pepper

🍃Banana leaves

🐟Dipping sauce: fish sauce, sugar, lime and chilli

Method

Serves 4

Cook the flours and stock into a thick, smooth paste, stirring.

Stir-fry the shrimp and pork with shallots and pepper until dry.

Spread a thin layer of paste on an oiled banana leaf and sprinkle with the filling.

Fold the leaf into a flat rectangle.

Steam for 15 minutes and serve in the leaf with the dipping sauce.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bánh nậm is a speciality of Huế, eaten with a sweet fish sauce dip alongside other Huế rice cakes.

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