Banh Căn is a popular cake in the South Central region, in the provinces of Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan. The cakes are shaped like cakes in the southern provinces, but the way they are made is quite different. If the cakes are rice flour "fried" (because of the use of grease), the bread is ground rice "grilled". Baking cakes usually have special castings, usually made of earthenware, and have multiple round holes to place the mold. Because the cake is so small in pairs, but not in the middle, can sweat onions or eggs. The cakes are often served with raw vegetables, which are often eaten with green onions, onions, minced cucumbers.
The sauce is usually accompanied by diluted fish sauce, garlic, chili ... or stocked fish (usually scad), when used to dip the whole cake into the sauce. The sauce can be added to the soup, grease to add flavor and nutrition.
Raw materials :
Rice
lard
Scallion
fried onion
chicken eggs or duck eggs, quail eggs (can be used for other materials such as squid, pork or shrimp, depending on the person)
Processing :
soak rice about 6 hours and then add a little rice and then cooled.
Preparing the oven: oven and cake mold is very typical of Phan Rang (this is Bau Truc pottery), poured cake by this oven will make the cake and delicious.
Group and fan for burning fire. Then wait for the new oven to heat up the oven and apply a layer of grease on each mold. Wait for the mold to heat up the new powder. Then add the individual molds of the eggs are beaten either fresh squid and then tightly covered the lid. When I hear the scent of burning powder is cooked. Using a metal drill, then apply to the fat onions.
Sauce:
There are three types of sauces that eat basal must have: fish sauce fish sauce, seasoning sauce and peanut sauce.
Fish sauce is made from fresh sea fish (usually tuna, scad, anchovy) depending on how to follow each person's taste. Often stocked with melon (cantaloupe) and green onions.
Peanut Sauce is made from peanuts cooked and then cooked with anchovy fish sauce, mix the spices to eat.
Sour wedge is characteristic of the central people. So how to process depending on the taste of each region, domain.