Banh Khot

Ingredients

• 200 g rice flour
• 250 ml coconut milk
• 250 ml water
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 4 spring onion
• 300 g shrimp
• 80 g mung beans
• 1 head lettuce
• 20 g mint
• 4 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 lime
• 80 ml vegetable oil

Steps

1. Soak the mung beans, then boil until tender.
2. Whisk the rice flour, coconut milk, water, turmeric, and salt into a thin batter.
3. Rest the batter 30 minutes.
4. Oil the wells of a banh khot pan and heat until smoking.
5. Pour batter ⅔ full and drop a shrimp on each.
6. Cover briefly to set the edges crisp and lacy.
7. Top with cooked mung beans and scallion oil.
8. Serve on lettuce with herbs and nuoc cham.