''Bánh da lợn'' or ''bánh chín tầng mây'' or ''bánh da heo''The "d" in "da" is pronounced like a "z" in northern Vietnamese pronunciation and like a "y" in southern Vietnamese pronunciation. () is a

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia ** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam. * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overse ...

steamed Steaming is a method of cooking using steam. This is often done with a food steamer, a kitchen appliance made specifically to cook food with steam, but food can also be steamed in a wok. In the American southwest, steam pits used for cooking have ...

layer cake A layer cake (US English) or sandwich cake (UK English) is a cake consisting of multiple stacked sheets of cake, held together by frosting or another type of filling, such as jam or other preserves. Most cake recipes can be adapted for lay ...

made from

tapioca Tapioca (; ) is a starch extracted from the storage roots of the cassava plant (''Manihot esculenta,'' also known as manioc), a species native to the North Region, Brazil, North and Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast regions of Brazil, but wh ...

starch,

rice flour Rice flour (also rice powder) is a form of flour made from finely milled rice. It is distinct from rice starch, which is usually produced by steeping rice in lye. Rice flour is a common substitute for wheat flour. It is also used as a thickening a ...

, mashed

mung bean The mung bean (''Vigna radiata''), alternatively known as the green gram, maash ( fa, ماش٫ )٫ mūng (), monggo, or munggo (Philippines), is a plant species in the legume family.Brief Introduction of Mung Bean. Vigna Radiata Extract G ...

taro Taro () (''Colocasia esculenta)'' is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in Africa ...

, or

durian The durian (, ) is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus ''Durio''. There are 30 recognised ''Durio'' species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. ''Durio zibethinus'', native to Borneo and Sumatra, is the onl ...

coconut milk Coconut milk is an opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts. The opacity and rich taste of coconut milk are due to its high oil content, most of which is saturated fat. Coconut milk is a traditional food i ...

and/or water, and

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

. It is sweet and gelatinously soft in texture, with thin (approximately 1 cm) colored layers alternating with layers of mung bean, durian, or taro filling. Typical versions of ''bánh da lợn'' may feature the following ingredients: * Pandan leaf (for green color) with

mung bean paste The mung bean (''Vigna radiata''), alternatively known as the green gram, maash ( fa, ماش٫ )٫ mūng (), monggo, or munggo (Philippines), is a plant species in the legume family.Brief Introduction of Mung Bean. Vigna Radiata Extract G ...

filling * Pandan leaf (for green color) with

filling *''Lá cẩm'' (leaf of the magenta plant, ''

Peristrophe roxburghiana ''Dicliptera tinctoria'' is the accepted name of a species in the family Acanthaceae (previously described here as the synonym (taxonomy), synonyms ''Peristrophe bivalvis'' (Carl Linnaeus, L.) Elmer Drew Merrill, Merr. and ''P. roxburghiana''). ...

''; imparts a purple color when boiled) with mashed taro filling In modern cooking, artificial

food coloring Food coloring, or color additive, is any dye, pigment, or substance that imparts color when it is added to food or drink. They come in many forms consisting of liquids, powders, gels, and pastes. Food coloring is used in both commercial food ...

is sometimes used in place of the vegetable coloring. A cake called '' kuih lapis'', which is made in

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and

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, is similar to ''bánh da lợn''. In the Philippines, a similar dessert and variant of ''

kutsinta ''Puto cuchinta'' or ''kutsinta'' is a type of Steaming, steamed rice cake (''Puto (food), puto'') found throughout the Philippines. It is made from a mixture of tapioca or rice flour, brown sugar and lye, enhanced with yellow food coloring or An ...

'' is simply called Vietnamese ''kutsinta'' and the Khmer of Cambodia called ''num chak chan'' (នំចាក់ចាន់). Green Leaf Cake bánh da lợn.jpg, ''Bánh da lợn'' green leaf cake.

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(the green cake in the center)
Photo of ''bánh da lợn''
Steamed foods Layer cakes Rice cakes Legume dishes Bánh Cassava dishes Vietnamese desserts {{Vietnam-cuisine-stub

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