Banh Uot

Name: Banh Uot
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 200g rice flour and 2 tbsp tapioca starch; 500ml water and a pinch of salt; Chả lụa (Vietnamese pork sausage), sliced; Fried shallots and spring onion oil; Bean sprouts, mint and Thai basil; Nước chấm (fish sauce, lime, sugar, garlic, chilli)

Bánh ướt/bang OOT/

Also known as: Banh Uot Cha Lua, Vietnamese Steamed Rice Sheets, Vietnamese Wet Rice Cakes

About this dish

Thin, silky steamed rice sheets served flat with Vietnamese pork sausage, fried shallots, herbs and a sweet fish sauce dip.

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Ingredients

🍚200g rice flour and 2 tbsp tapioca starch

💧500ml water and a pinch of salt

🐖Chả lụa (Vietnamese pork sausage), sliced

🧅Fried shallots and spring onion oil

🌿Bean sprouts, mint and Thai basil

🐟Nước chấm (fish sauce, lime, sugar, garlic, chilli)

Method

Serves 2

Whisk the flours, water and salt into a thin batter and rest for 1 hour.

Stretch a cloth over a pot of boiling water, or use a non-stick pan with a lid.

Spread a thin layer of batter and steam for about 1 minute until set.

Lift off the sheet, brush with spring onion oil and fold.

Serve with chả lụa, fried shallots, herbs and nước chấm.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bánh ướt ('wet cake') is a central and southern breakfast dish, closely related to the filled bánh cuốn of the north.

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