Is mung bean cake a summer snack?

Mung bean cake is one of the traditional cakes and a summer snack.

Mung bean cake, a summer snack, is a very popular food in summer, especially in southern China. It uses mung bean powder and glutinous rice flour as raw materials, with sugar, sesame seeds, red dates and other ingredients to make cakes with deep color, fragrant taste and delicate taste. Mung bean cake is not only delicious, but also provides a sense of fullness, because it is light and easy to digest and suitable for eating in hot weather.

The key to making mung bean cake is stirring and overdosing, which requires great care and patience. First, mix the mung bean powder, glutinous rice flour and sugar, stir well, then add a proper amount of hot water and stir until the dough. Then put the dough in the oven and bake it in the electric oven. The baking time depends on the size of the dough. When the dough becomes soft and golden yellow, it can be taken out and sprinkled with sesame seeds and red dates.

Main raw materials of mung bean cake

Cooked mung bean flour, steamed sweet potato flour (or wheat flour and pea flour), vegetable oil (sesame oil), cooked lard, soft sugar, sugar rose, black jujube meat, sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, etc. It has the characteristics of regular shape, light yellow color, fine and dense texture and soft and waxy taste.

It should also be noted that high-quality mung bean cakes are made of natural mung bean powder. The color is not too green, but slightly yellow, which is similar to the color of cooked mung bean soup. If the appearance of mung bean cake looks green, artificial pigment must be added. High-quality mung bean cakes are fine in ingredients, delicate and firm in taste, soft in fragrance and non-sticky, while inferior mung bean cakes are mostly too sweet and sticky.

The above contents refer to Baidu Know-Mung Bean Cake