Nậm cake (steamed shrimp rice cake)

Nậm cake is made of rice flour, shrimp, wrapped in phrynium leaves and served with fish sauce. The processing procedure seems simple but actually requires the whole sincere heart of the cake maker from the shrimp choosing step to the fish sauce preparation. Most fresh shrimp must be soaked for several hours until soft and then grounded finely in a blender. Grounded shrimp, after added salt, sugar and fish sauce is stir-fried until dry and having a sweet and salty taste.