Bánh ỉ khoai lang(Odeh-Odeh)

Enjoy the sweetness at the first bite.....This recipe adapted from Do What i like's blog.
I love sweet potato,i usually grill or combine it with vietnamese dessert but never tried in cake before.It's a good recipe though.I used honey sweet potato instead of the normal one.Look at the melting palm sugar filling,OMG,can't wait to roll into the kitchen again!

NƯỚC BÔNG CÚC LA HÁN QUẢ(Lohan quo in Chrysanthemum water)

Chinese people sold these kind of drinks in my country. Never seen these herbs before,I thought it would be difficult to make until a friend of mine showed me the process.OMG, super easy and fast to do.It's also a fabulous drink to cool off the hotness in this summer. I read the news about the use of lohan qua as a traditional Chinese medicine.Drinking lohan quo once per day help clear off toxicant in the body and sore throat will disappear.Good for body and health too.I usually drink one cup every day with ice on top.It's much much better than cola or watever kind of soft drinks i used to addict.

INGREDIENTS:
- 1 gallon water(3.78liters)
-30gr dried chrysanthemum

- 10 cubes lohan quo

- 2-3 tablespoom sugar(optional)

PREPARATION:
-bring the water to boil
-Add in dry chrysanthemum
-Wait for 5 mins, take out the chrysanthemum,add in holan quo cube
-After the cubes dissolve in water ,add sugar to taste(it's because i have it with ice.Usually lohan quo cube already tastes sweet)
-Leave to cool and enjoy your super healthy drink.

FRIED RICE CAKE IN CHINESE STYLE(Bánh bột chiên kiểu Tàu)

A friend of mine did ask for this recipe but the rice cake isn't avaiable at her place so she wonders if macaroni can be done in the same way as the rice cake does.However, if you wanna go with the macaroni,you should choose the thick and straight,not curve one(is called penne), so the penne will turn out crispy,not smashing when fried.
INGREDIENTS:
- A pack of penne

- Or Rice cake


-Egg
-Olive oil or corn oil
- Dark soy sauce

- 1/2cupVinegar
- 1tablespoon Light soy sauce

- 1/3 cup water
- 1 tablespoon salt
-1 tablespoon sugar

PREPARATION:
For the cake
- Slice the rice cake 2cmx1cm and put into a large bowl
- Pour 2 tablespoon of dark soy sauce over the rice cake,mix gently to avoid breaking the cake.

- Leave the cake for approx. 15 mins to absorb the sauce.
- Heat up the large,flat pan to 300 F degree. Here i use the electrical pan because if i use the normal pan, the cake will not be fried evenly as the heat only concerntrates in the center of the pan.
- Pour in the oil,wait until hot and put in the cake.
- Fried each side of the cake approx 10mins or until golden,then turn gently to another side and keep frying.

- Beat the egg into the center,then spread evenly over the cake,sprinkle some chopped green onion and little pepper.Wait for 5mins and turn the cake over.

*Note: the macaroni is done exactly the same way as above exept for one thing that you should boil them for 5mins ahead.
For the sauce:
- Dissolve soysauce, vinegar, salt,sugar in a small sauce pan.Adjust the taste,then bring to boil.

SERVING: hot,with soy sauce and red chili sauce(if desire)