Guangdong

Sesame balls

Name: Sesame balls
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Cantonese
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups glutinous rice flour (sweet rice flour); 3 tbsp sugar; 2/3 cup hot water; 1/2 cup sweet red bean paste; 1/3 cup sesame seeds; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed)

Crisp sesame shell, chewy inside, sweet bean centre. A hollow golden balloon of joy.

45 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

Rolling into fortune2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayGlutinous rice balls with red bean, coated in sesame and fried.

The original

335kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

45minutessame

Jian dui, the dim sum classic.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Glutinous rice flour (sweet rice flour)1⅔ cups

Sugar3 tbsp

Water⅔ cup, hot

Sweet red bean paste½ cup

Sesame seeds⅓ cup

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed)

Method

5 steps

1Dissolve the sugar in the hot water, pour into the flour and mix, then knead into a soft dough.
2Divide into 12. Flatten each, add a teaspoon of red bean paste, seal and roll into a ball.
3Dip each ball in water and roll in sesame, pressing so the seeds stick.
4Start frying in oil on medium low heat. As they float, press gently with a ladle and keep turning.
5Raise the heat for the last minute to crisp, then drain.

Serve it like this

Pile on a plate lined with paper and serve warm, while the shell still crackles. Tea on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Guangdong

Sesame balls

Crisp sesame shell, chewy inside, sweet bean centre. A hollow golden balloon of joy.

45 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

Rolling into fortune2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayGlutinous rice balls with red bean, coated in sesame and fried.

The original

335kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

45minutessame

Jian dui, the dim sum classic.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Glutinous rice flour (sweet rice flour)1⅔ cups

Sugar3 tbsp

Water⅔ cup, hot

Sweet red bean paste½ cup

Sesame seeds⅓ cup

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed)

Method

5 steps

1Dissolve the sugar in the hot water, pour into the flour and mix, then knead into a soft dough.
2Divide into 12. Flatten each, add a teaspoon of red bean paste, seal and roll into a ball.
3Dip each ball in water and roll in sesame, pressing so the seeds stick.
4Start frying in oil on medium low heat. As they float, press gently with a ladle and keep turning.
5Raise the heat for the last minute to crisp, then drain.

Serve it like this

Pile on a plate lined with paper and serve warm, while the shell still crackles. Tea on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Sesame balls

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Ingredients

Method

Sesame balls

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Ingredients

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