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BANH XEO (Vietnamese Pancake)

INGREDIENTS………………………………..

• Vietnamese pancake flour 400 g
• Grated coconut 250 g
• Coconut water 400 ml
• Prawns 300 g
• Pork belly 300 g
• Green onion 2 stems
• Onion 1
• Bean sprouts 200 g
• Cooking oil 100 ml
• Salt, seasoning enough

SERVE WITH………………………………..

• Mustard greens 200 g
• Herbs 200 g

DIPPING SAUCE………………………………..

• Fish sauce 50 ml
• Lime juice 2 tbsp
• Garlic 3 cloves
• Chili 1
• Sugar 2 tbsp
• Seasoning 1/2 tbsp
• Water 50 ml
• Green papaya 200 g
Boil the prawns with a pinch of salt. Wash pork belly, boil and slice into thin slices. Wash bean sprouts carefully. Steam mung beans.
Slice green onion. Extract coconut milk from grated coconut. Mix the coconut milk and coconut water together. Add pancake flour and turmeric powder and mix thoroughly. Add green onions, salt, sugar and seasoning and stir.
Heat the frying pan, adding cooking oil. Put prawns, meat and minced onion in and stir-fry until done.
Pour a big ladle of flour mixture (around 200ml) into the frying pan. Roll the pan gently so that the flour mixture clings to the pan
Add the meat mixture. When the pancake is cooked through, add bean sprouts and mung beans. Cover for 2’, then fold the pancake in half and remove.
Wrap a piece of the pancake and herbs inside a mustard leaf and enjoy with the dipping sauce.