How To Make Mung Bean Hopias

Mung bean hopias are flaky cakes with sweet yellow bean filling. Learn how to make these Filipino pastries from scratch, from the dough to the sweet bean paste!

Mung Bean Paste

For the filling, cook yellow split mung beans with oil and sugar until you have dense, dough-like paste. Find the full recipe below!

Water Dough

For the pastry shell, make first a "water dough" mixing the ingredients in the recipe below.

Oil Dough

Then, make a "oil dough" which replaces butter in the classic hopia puff pastry dough.

Spread & Fold

Spread the oil dough over half of the water dough, fold, and seal the edges.

Lamination

Fold and roll the dough to laminate the oil and dough layers. Repeat 3 times, chilling the dough in the fridge between rounds.

Cut Into Squares

Roll out the dough one more time, cut it into squares, and flatten them. You'll now have your hopia wrappers!

Fill

Fill each wrapper with a ball of sweet bean paste, fold the dough over, and shape the hopia cake with the help of small cup.

Bake

Bake the mung bean hopias seam side up, then flip them, and keep baking until crusty and golden.

Enjoy!

Your deliciously flaky hopias are ready. Savour them warm or cold with a cup of tea!