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Bánh Đậu Xanh Nướng Recipe: Baked Mung Bean Cake

Bánh Đậu Xanh Nướng Recipe: Baked Mung Bean Cake

Hanna Tran Hanna Tran | Updated October 16, 2026

Bánh đậu xanh nướng is a Vietnamese dessert cake of mashed mung beans and coconut syrup. The batter goes into a mould and into the oven. It’s a cake for cold days, and in Vietnam it’s eaten with a cup of hot tea.

Bánh Đậu Xanh Nướng Recipe: Baked Mung Bean Cake

Ingredients

  • 500 g mung beans, hulled
  • 400 g white sugar
  • 500 g coconut meat (soak it in warm water and take 300 ml of coconut syrup)
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons sweetened milk
  • 100 g wheat flour
  • 1 tube of vanilla
  • Oil for the mould

How to make bánh đậu xanh nướng

1. Steam and mash the mung beans

Steam the mung beans until cooked, then mash them.

Steamed split mung beans

2. Make the batter

Mix the mashed beans with the coconut syrup, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla. Stir well.

3. Bake

Oil the mould and line the bottom with thin paper. Pour in the batter and bake at medium heat for 30 minutes, until the cake turns golden.

The baked cake in its round tin

If you want to serve it cold, put it in the fridge. Arrange it on a plate.

Diamond-shaped pieces of mung bean cake arranged on a plate
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