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When enjoyed, pigskin cake offers a chewy texture and visually appealing colors. Treat your family with this cake using the various methods provided below.
Pigskin cake is closely associated with childhood memories for many but has been forgotten over time. Revive everyone's nostalgia with this wonderful dish.
1. Pigskin cake with mung bean filling.
Ingredients for pigskin cake with mung bean filling.
- Tapioca starch: 500g;
- Rice flour: 100g;
- Grated coconut: 500g;
- Pandan leaves: 1 bunch;
- Peeled split mung beans: 200g;
- Green food coloring, cooking oil, vanilla.
Steps to make pigskin cake with mung bean filling.
Step 1:
Prepare mung beans: Use a rice cooker to cook the beans like cooking rice. Once cooked, let them cool and mash them finely, or you can use a blender.
Pandan leaves: Wash thoroughly, chop finely, then crush into a paste.
Grated coconut: Add 0.5 liters of warm water to the coconut, squeeze to extract coconut milk, set aside. Repeat this process once more with another 0.5 liters of water, squeeze again, and set aside.
Step 2: Divide the rice flour, tapioca starch, and sugar into 2 portions. Mix one portion thoroughly with coconut milk, stirring until smooth. Strain the remaining portion, then mix with mung beans (mixture 1).
Step 3: Add crushed pandan leaves to the coconut milk mixture, strain to remove leaf residue. Combine the remaining flour mixture with the coconut milk mixture, stirring until smooth. Strain once more, optionally adding a few drops of food coloring for aesthetics (mixture 2).
Step 4: Prepare the steamer, line the mold with cooking oil, place the mold in the steamer. Pour a layer of mixture 2, about 5 cm thick, into the mold, steam until cooked. Then, pour another layer of mixture 1, about 5 cm thick, into the steamer, steam until cooked. Repeat with mixture 2 until all the batter is used or the mold is full. Allow the final layer to cool before removing the mold from the steamer. Gently invert the mold onto a plate and remove the cake.
Fragrant and Chewy Pigskin Cake with Mung Bean Filling
2. Taro Pigskin Cake.
Ingredients for Taro Pigskin Cake:
Taro dough part:
- Tapioca starch: 150g;
- Dried mung bean flour: 2 tablespoons;
- Coconut milk: 120ml;
- Filtered water: 200ml;
- Granulated sugar: 80g;
- Taro: 150g.
White dough part:
- Tapioca starch: 150g;
- Dried mung bean flour: 2 tablespoons;
- Coconut milk: 250ml;
- Cold water: 60ml;
- Granulated sugar: 80g.
How to make taro pigskin cake
Step 1: Taro dough part.
Boil and peel taro, then mash finely. Mix taro with tapioca starch, dried mung bean flour, filtered water, coconut milk, and granulated sugar. Put everything into a blender and blend until smooth. For a more appealing color, add a few drops of purple food coloring.
Step 2: White dough part.
Mix tapioca starch, dried mung bean flour, coconut milk, granulated sugar, and cold water in a clean bowl, stirring until the flour and sugar dissolve. Then, transfer the mixture into a blender and blend until smooth and silky.
Step 3: Grease the mold with cooking oil or butter to prevent sticking. Scoop 2 to 3 spoonfuls of the white dough mixture into the mold, place in the steamer, steam for about 5 minutes until the surface of the dough sets. Then, use a spoon to scoop an equivalent amount of purple dough mixture into the mold, repeating the process until all the dough is used up. Steam the cake for another 20 minutes before turning off the heat. Let the cake cool, remove it from the mold, and cut into bite-sized pieces.
Unique Taro-Filled Pigskin Cake
3. Cloud Layer Pigskin Cake.
Ingredients for Cloud Layer Pigskin Cake:
- Tapioca starch: 200g;
- Fresh milk: 600ml;
- Rice flour: 50g;
- Coconut milk: a few drops;
- Cooking oil
- Pandan extract: a few drops;
- Food coloring: green, red, yellow.
How to make cloud layer pigskin cake:
Step 1: Mix rice flour, sugar, and tapioca starch in a large bowl. Gradually add fresh milk and coconut extract, stirring well (note: add slowly to prevent clumping).
Step 2: Divide the batter into 3, 4, or 5 portions as desired. Color each portion differently; for the green color, use pandan extract for a gentle and beautiful hue. Alternatively, you can create colors using juice from various vegetables such as carrots, purple sweet potatoes, pandan leaves, or taro...
Step 3: Grease the mold with cooking oil to prevent sticking. Bring a steamer to a boil. Pour the batter into the mold, making each layer about 3-5 mm thick. Place the mold in the steamer and steam for about 5 minutes until each layer sets, then continue pouring the next layers until all the batter is used up. Steam for another 20 minutes until cooked. Allow the cake to cool, then remove it from the mold and cut into small pieces.
Cloud Layer Pigskin Cake.
Wishing you all success with the delicious pig skin cakes!
