Taro and Prawn Cakes (Banh Cong)

We will show you in this video how to make Taro and Prawn Cakes (Banh Cong)

 

What You Need:

 

• 1¼ cups plain flour

• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

• 1 egg, lightly beaten

• 4 (200 g) baby taro, grated and peeled

• vegetable oil

• 20 (300 g) prawns

• coral lettuce leaves and coriander leaves

 

Dipping sauce

 

• 2 red bird’s-eye chillies

• ¼ cup soy sauce

• 3 tsp fish sauce

 

Here’s how you make Taro and Prawn Cakes (Banh Cong)

 

1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl then set aside for later. (Dipping Sauce)
2. In a large bowl, Add the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda.Make a well and  add in about 3 ¼ cups of water and the egg. Whisk the mixture until turned into a batter then mix in the taro.

3. Pre- heat a large saucepan over medium heat. Put enough oil to deep fry.In a laddle fill in half of laddle with the batter, toss in 2 prawns on top and plunge into the boiling oil, cook until golden brown. Using a spoon carefully run around the edge of the ladle to release the cake, turn over and cook for another few minutes and drain the excess oil with a strainer.

4. Place in a serving plate and garnish with lettuce and  coriander leaves together with the dipping sauce you made earlier.