Banh Phu The (Vietnamese Husband and Wife Cake)

The conjugal cake is normally served at Vietnamese weddings and used as a wedding invitation or taken by the man’s family to the woman’s family on engagement day. The stickiness of the cake is said to signify the stickiness of the marriage ties. Traditionally, a guy would offer these to the girl he wants to marry. Now these cakes are still an essential part of a wedding banquet, or the gift packages that the groom’s family send over to the bride’s.

Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• 1 lb starch flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut
• 5 ounces mung beans , soaked in water
• 2/3 sugar syrup
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon extract or 2 tablespoons pomelo blossom fruit essence

Directions:

Mix water, flour, sugar and shredded coconut, heat on low flame and stir for about 10 minutes

Cook mung bean until tender, may take up to 1 hour on stove top

Drain then put back on stove

Pour in sugar syrup and oil

When most of the liquid has evaporated, add extract and remove from heat

Put a thin layer of dough in small individual molds or cupcake tins

Layer a small spoon of stuffing on top and top with another layer of dough

Place them in steamer for about 20 minutes or until the dough is transparent

Remove from molds, let cool and serve with green tea

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