This is an appetizer that at first glance is quite similar to Nam cake because of the main ingredients and the taste of sweet and sour sauce.
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However, thanks to the taste of tapioca and ground pork and a different way of processing shrimp, the cake leaves an unforgettable impression. Filled with fried shrimp and thinly sliced pork belly, flat tubular cakes are wrapped in banana leaves and then steamed. After a few minutes, the dough crust becomes flexible and clear, and the eye-catching pink shrimp inside the cake can be seen. Cakes without banana leaves are called clear flour cakes, boiled cakes are not steamed; therefore, the taste is a bit chewier but less aromatic than the others. Onion oil, lard and fish sauce mixed with green chili are ideal additions.
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