Mung Bean Cake With Coconut Milk
photo by Kathy228
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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9
ingredients
- 1 cup mung beans (yellow)
- 1 1⁄2 cups coconut milk
- 1 1⁄2 cups light brown sugar (or 1/2 cup Thai palm sugar)
- 6 large eggs
- 1⁄2 cup shallot, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
directions
- In a medium pot, combine beans with 2 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook for 20 minutes, until beans are soft. Puree in blender.
- In a bowl, beat coconut milk and sugar until frothy. Add eggs and beat well. Add bean puree and mix thoroughly. Put mixture in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken.
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F Grease an 8-inch square cake pan (use metal or unbreakable glass). Fold mixture into pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Raise heat to 450°F and bake another 25 to 30 minutes, until cake turns a deep amber.
- Remove from oven and immediately immerse pan in 1/2 inch cold water for 10 minutes. Change water to ensure it stays cold and leave pan another 15 minutes.
- In a small pan, sauté the shallots until light brown. Drain off the oil and spread the shallots over the top of the cake. Cut into 9 squares. Serve warm or cold. Bean cake will keep 1 week in refrigerator.
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Reviews
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This is incredible! I wanted to make a low carb birthday cake for DH and danced around this recipe and several chickpea cake recipes - what if just this birthday cake would turn out an unedible mess? Finally I decided to make this one because your recipes never failed me yet and I knew DH would like the unusual shallot topping. I used the palm sugar - and you'd never guess what a hit this cake turned out to be! Had to make five outprints for guests who couldn't believe this was made from a legume! This sure will be a keeper! Thanks for posting this!!
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I've been wanting to make this cake for a long time. The ingredients intrigued me. It was difficult to find 'yellow' mung beans but I finally found split ones in a small Asian store. I made this with lite coconut milk and 3/4 cup of Splenda brown sugar blend. I'm not giving a starred rating because I didn't end up caring for it but was glad I tried it and think others may enjoy it. I had fun getting my co-workers to try it and try to guess what was in it. A couple of people loved it, most people thought it was good but they wouldn't make it. No one guessed it had mung beans. Mine turned out with a dense pudding texture so most guesses were potatoes or corn. A few people joked that it smelled like an onion bagel but tasted like a dessert. I couldn't think of it as a dessert. The flavor did remind me of Asian sugar soaked beans. Thanks for posting such an interesting recipe mikekey...it was an adventure! Made for the 1-2-3 hit wonders tag game.
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Excellent! The onions added a sweet finishing touch. I didn't have enough palm sugar, so I used the brown sugar option and it was delicious. Not too sweet. The baking time was spot on. The cold water 'bath' was something I never did before, but it wasn't a big deal. NOTE: I should have watched the second cooking time more closely, as mine began to stick and scorch fast. The timing here is not long; maybe 8-10 mins. It all produced a 5-star mung bean cake. The next one I make will be a breeze. Thanks mikekey.
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