How to make simple but delicious Thanh’s harrow gear (banh teh)

Prepare
10 Minutes Processing
30 Minutes For
2 – 3 people

Harrow gear, also known as banh tet, banh leaf, is a traditional cake in the Northern Delta and Thanh Hoa. The reason they are called harrow teeth because their shape has a very similar shape to the harrow teeth.

This type of cake is often made and appears on holidays, Tet or important annual events. Harrow gear or flat cake is a familiar dish of the Northern region, this dish is often made on New Year’s Day or during important events. Let’s learn how to make this cake in today’s article.

Ingredients for making harrow gear

• 150g minced pork
• 200g rice flour
• Mushrooms
• Purple onion
• Banana leave
• Spices: Cooking oil, soup powder, ground pepper

How to choose good fresh pork:
– Pork you should buy pre-ground meat to make it easier and faster to make the dish. You should choose meat that is bright red and the surface of the veal is not viscous.
Avoid choosing pieces of meat that are pale green and have an unusual odor .

How to make harrow gear

Step 1Process materials

Mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms you soak in water for about 15 minutes , then take them out and drain. Onions you peel and chop.
Pork , you wash, cut into small slices, then put in a blender and puree.

Banana leaves you wash, dry and tear into pieces with a length of about 150cm.

Process materials

Step 2Making the cake

You put 2 tablespoons of cooking oil in the pan, when the oil is hot, add the shallots and sauté them until fragrant . When the purple onion is fragrant, add the ground pork and stir-fry until evenly.

When the meat is cooked, you add ½ teaspoon of soup powder, ½ teaspoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of ground pepper and add the mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry for another 5-7 minutes and then turn off the heat.

Making the cake

Step 3Make cake dough

You put the rice flour in a large bowl, then add 800ml of water, ½ tablespoon of cooking oil, 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of soup powder and stir well. Let the dough rest for 1-2 hours for the dough to rise.

Make cake dough

Step 4Steamed buns

Banana leaves you spread flat, then put a spoonful of flour and a spoon of meat filling, spread evenly on the banana leaf. Next, you grab the two edges of the banana leaf, wrap it and roll it evenly so that the cake is firm and beautiful when boiled.

After wrapping, you put the cake into the steamer and steam for about 15-20 minutes , after the cake is cooked, take it out and it’s done.

Steamed buns

Step 5Finished product

The harrow gear when ripe will have a familiar passionate aroma of banana leaves, the fatty taste of the dough and the sweetness of minced meat . This will definitely be a dish that will never make you forget the taste.

In addition, you can also refer to how to make cakes from rice flour to make delicious dishes for the whole family!

Finished product

Enjoy

How to make harrow gear

The harrow gear is soft to eat, there is meat full of meat inside, opening each layer of leaves to eat with fish sauce is nothing better. And don’t forget to dip it with some fish sauce for the right tune.

Above is a recipe for making harrow gears very easily and quickly, hopefully with this article, you can easily make this cake for your family and friends. Good luck!

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