Recipes · Vietnamese · Desserts
Bánh Cốm (Young Rice Cake)
One serving has 276 kcal and 8 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of folate (40%), manganese (36%) and copper (34%). Ready in 50 minutes.
- Preparation: 30 min
- Cooking: 20 min
- Makes: 1 serving (76 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free
- Contains: alcohol
Ingredients
- 20 g Rice flour, glutinous
- 25 g Mung beans, dried
- 20 g Sugar
- 10 g Coconut, fresh
- 1 g Vanilla extract
Method
- Soak and steam the mung beans until very soft, then mash with half the sugar while hot into a smooth paste; this stands in for the traditional young rice ("cốm") coating, which isn't commonly available.
- Mix the glutinous rice flour with a little water and the remaining sugar into a soft, pliable dough, kneading in the grated coconut.
- Flatten a portion of the dough, place a spoonful of mung bean paste in the center and wrap the dough around it, shaping into a small flat square or oval cake.
- Steam the cakes for 15-20 minutes until the dough turns glossy and translucent.
- Cool before serving; this makes one portion (one cake), so multiply for more.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 276 kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 53.3 g | |
| Water | 9.9 mL | |
| Fiber | 5.5 g | 18% |
| Protein | 7.5 g | 16% |
| Tryptophan | 0.08 g | |
| Threonine | 0.25 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.31 g | |
| Leucine | 0.58 g | |
| Lysine | 0.47 g | |
| Methionine | 0.11 g | |
| Cystine | 0.08 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.44 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.25 g | |
| Valine | 0.4 g | |
| Histidine | 0.21 g | |
| Fat | 3.9 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 0.27 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.21 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.19 g | |
| Saturated | 3.1 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | |
| Calcium | 36.7 mg | 4% |
| Copper | 0.31 mg | 34% |
| Iron | 2 mg | 11% |
| Magnesium | 57.6 mg | 19% |
| Manganese | 0.65 mg | 36% |
| Phosphorus | 123 mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 364 mg | 8% |
| Selenium | 6.2 µg | 11% |
| Sodium | 6 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.94 mg | 12% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.19 mg | 17% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.07 mg | 6% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.1 mg | 8% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.67 mg | 13% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.19 mg | 15% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 160 µg | 40% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0 µg | 0% |
| Choline | 26.9 mg | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 1.5 µg | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1.5 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin K | 2.3 µg | 3% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.1 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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