🍤 Banh Cong (Can Tho Mung Bean & Shrimp Fritters)

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Golden, crackly fritters molded in a ladle, filled with mung beans, minced pork and whole shrimp, wrapped in fresh herbs and dipped in sweet-and-sour fish sauce.

Banh cong is a humble specialty tied to the land of Can Tho, its name coming from the ladle-like mold (cong) used to fry the cakes. A batter of rice and soy flour is fried until crisp, then crowned with mung beans, pork and a bright-red shrimp on top. Eaten with fresh greens, it is the taste of childhood for the people of the Western capital.

Flavour: Crunchy, rich and nutty, sweet-and-sour

Ingredients

rice flour
mung beans
minced pork
shrimp
fresh herbs
fish sauce