Soc Trang specialty dish scores points thanks to the combination of the fleshy taste of green beans, sweetness from shrimp meat and crispy crust. The name drain cake is derived from the shape of the cake poured in a deep, drain-like mold. This mold is made of aluminum, rounded cylindrical, flat bottom, 4-5 cm high, with a handle 25-30 cm long. Ingredients to make the cake include rice flour, soybeans, green beans, shrimp, meat, cassava, taro, red onion ... and a variety of spices.
The steps to make a drain cake also take a lot of steps, from how to make dough, fill, fry the cake to the dipping sauce so that it is harmonious and correct. The chickpeas will first soak in water for about a night, then cook them softly, avoiding crushing the beans. The baker continues to soak the soybeans and treat them clean, puree, then mix with rice flour to make fried dough.
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The filling will have ground pork, cassava root with chopped cat mushrooms, stir-fried with red onion and seasoned to taste. As for shrimp, choose ground shrimp, small but sweet meat, washed and drained, taro cut into fibers.
To fry golden sewer cakes crispy evenly on all sides, people here will use a deep pan, deepen the oil, and heat with high heat. "How to dip the cake mold in boiling oil to heat evenly to help the cake not stick to the mold when frying," Sanskrit noted. In particular, to have a delicious cake, first put a patch of cake dough into the mold, followed by ground meat, cassava root, cat mushrooms, green beans and taro cut into the yarn, Then add a patch of flour and put the shrimp on top.
The cake is fried in a deep pan for about 5 minutes until it turns golden. After that, the cake will be removed from the mold and continue to leave in an oil pan, fry for about 2 minutes until the golden color is crispy, then remove, put in a sieve to drain the oil. Due to being deep-fried, the crust is dark yellow, crispy, topped with bright red shrimp.
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Soc Trang people eat sewer cakes with lettuce, herbs, sweet and sour fish sauce with sour food, cucumber, in many places also with a little vermicelli to fill the stomach. The crispy golden sewer cake is cut into small portions, rolled with vegetables dipped into a cup of fish sauce with a little chili added. When eating, you will feel the fleshy taste of green beans and taro, the aroma of shrimp and meat, crispy crust mixed with vegetables and dipping sauce.
In Ho Chi Minh City, you can find places on Lanh Binh Thang Street (District 11), Ly Thuong Kiet (Go Vap), Le Van Sy (District 3), Le Quang Sung (District 6) ... to enjoy this specialty. The price of each cake is from 10,000 VND to 15,000 VND.
According to VnE