Glutinous Rice Balls With Black Sesame Filling
- Filling
- 6 tablespoons black sesame powder, toasted
- 3 tablespoons lard or crisco
- 3 tablespoons organic cane sugar
- Dough
- 1 cup glutinous rice powder
- 1/2 cup water
- extra glutinous rice powder for dusting
- Boil a pot of water, with 4 pieces of ginger.
- Meantime, cream the sugar and lard until mix well; mix in the black sesame powder.
- In another bowl, add glutinous rice powder with water, knead into soft dough.
- Take about 2 tbsp of the dough and bath it in the boiling water for 1 minute; incorporate the dough and knead until well-incorporated; roll it out into a long strip and evenly cut into 16 sections.
- Roll a section into a ball, press flat into the palm; in circular motion using thumbs and forefinger expand and press open the ends the circle. (the ends should be thinner then the middle); in the plam, cupping the dough, place 1/2 teaspoon of sesame mix into the middle, close it up and roll into a circle again, with palm. Dust with rice power and set aside.
- Repeat until done. (Can be frozen up to a month)
- In the boiling water, put 6 at once, and scoop the balls when they float up, about 2~3 minutes.
- To serve: Dissolve enough brown sugar to your liking into the reserved ginger boiling water. Pour a spoonful of water into each bowl with 3 sesame balls. Serve warm.
filling, black sesame powder, lard, cane sugar, dough, rice powder, water, extra glutinous rice powder for dusting
Taken from food52.com/recipes/10169-glutinous-rice-balls-with-black-sesame-filling (may not work)