Banh khot (Vietnamese mini savoury pancake), one of the delicious dishes of the people from southern Vietnam , is a favourite of both domestic and foreign visitors. It is made mainly from rice and fresh shrimp and served with sweet and sour sauce and vegetables.

Ingredients:(serves 5)

- Rice: 1kg; soy-bean: 100g; fresh shrimp: 0.7kg; salted ground shrimp; cooking oil, fish sauce, salt, sugar, dried onion, lotus stem, papaya, salad, fish mint, perilla and sweet basil.

Preparation:

-nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Wash the rice and soy-beans and soak them in water overnight. Grind the rice and soy-beans with water, add a dash of salt.

-nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Peel the fresh shrimp and mix with a dash of seasoning.

-nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Make the salted ground shrimp: Submerge the dried shrimp in boiled water, grind and dry them.

-nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Slice dried onion and then fry them with cooking oil until they become brown.

-nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Make the sauce: mix one spoon of fish sauce with 3 spoons of water and a dash of sugar, add vinegar to taste.

-nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Make the pancakes: Put some moulds over high heat and add cooking oil. When the cooking oil is boiling, put ½ bowl of batter in every mould and then add shrimp. Cover the moulds and cook until the two sides of pancakes become light brown. Add the salted ground shrimp and sliced spring onion. Put the pancakes on plate.

-nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Served hot with sweet and sour sauce and pickled lotus stem, papaya and salad and mints.

Address:

Restaurant 13, No. 23 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien Ward, District 2, Ho Chi Minh Citynbsp; -- Tel: 08-62819970/37444631

Story: Nguyen Chung

Photos: Thanh Tung