Old Beijing Mung Bean Cake

Name: Old Beijing Mung Bean Cake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 200g Mung Bean Noodles; 80g Sugar; 20g Hot water; Some Cooking oil

by Smile

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h

Serving

2

Traditional medicine believes that mung beans are sweet and cold in nature, non-toxic, and have the effects of clearing heat and detoxification, quenching heat and thirst, diminishing hydration and swelling, improving eyesight, relieving haze, and beautifying skin. Therefore, mung bean cake is a good summer snack for detoxification, liver and kidney.

This mung bean cake is based on the recipe shared by the "kiss war girl" and the old Beijing traditional mung bean cake making method. This mung bean cake has been unanimously affirmed by the family in terms of taste, but some adjustments are needed in humidity, and it is slightly dry, so there is more slag when demolding and cutting. "

Ingredients

Old Beijing Mung Bean Cake

1. Weigh 200 grams of mung bean noodles, put them in a small pot, and steam for 30 minutes in a steamer;

2. The steamed mung bean noodles have become hard and agglomerated;

3. Need to use the back of a spoon to crush;

4. Make a hole in the middle of the mung bean noodles and pour the sugar into the hole;

5. Pour hot water on the sugar;

6. Wait for the sugar to melt, then mix well with the bean noodles;

7. At this time, some bean noodles will be agglomerated, so the mung bean noodles need to be sieved;

8. The agglomerated part will remain on the sieve, put the bean noodles in a fresh-keeping bag, crush them with a rolling pin, and sift again;

9. Sifted mung bean noodles;

10. Brush the inside of the snow mold with a layer of oil, and fill in the sifted bean noodles;

11. Cover a piece of greased paper, flatten the surface with another snow mold, and then fill all the bean noodles into the snow box for compaction;

12. Put the snow mold into the pot and steam for 25 minutes;

13. Remove the greased paper out of the pot and let cool;

14. Cut into small pieces after demoulding.

Tips:
1. Mung bean noodles can be steamed to remove the beany flavor and retain the bean flavor;

2. This amount of water corresponds to these mung bean noodles. The mung bean cakes made are relatively dry. If you want to eat moist, you can increase the water consumption;

3. The amount of sugar in this recipe has been reduced. If you want to eat something sweeter, you can increase the amount of sugar;

4. Brushing oil inside the snow mold is to facilitate demoulding.