Desserts

Khanom pia (sweet rice cake with coconut)

A small, sweet and soft cake made with rice flour and coconut milk, scented with cardamom. It is eaten at the end of a meal or as an afternoon treat, often during celebrations.

40 min
4 servings
Medium
Budget-friendly
🇱🇦 Laos

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Ingredients

Optional extras

50 g Grated coconut

Nutrition facts

579 kcal per serving

Protein: 8.8 g
Carbohydrates: 77.2 g
of which sugars: 38.4 g
Fat: 25.5 g
of which saturated fat: 17.8 g
Fiber: 2.2 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease a round tin about 20 cm wide.
In a bowl, mix the rice flour, baking powder, cardamom and salt.
In another bowl, whisk the eggs with the palm sugar until dissolved, then add the coconut milk.
Pour the liquid over the dry ingredients and mix until you have a smooth, fluid batter.
Pour into the tin and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the top is golden and a knife comes out clean. Let it cool slightly before turning out.