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Glutinous Rice Balls Stuffed With Palm Sugar

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Introduction

Like this recipe because it is easy to make and it's delicious

Like this recipe because it is easy to make and it's delicious

Ingredients

Serves: Makes about 20 balls.

Metric Cups
  • 200 grams white rice flour (glutinous)
  • 150 millilitres pandanus juice
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 200 grams palm sugar (finely chopped)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 75 grams coconut (grated)
  • 7 ounces white rice flour (glutinous)
  • 5¼ fluid ounces pandanus juice
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 7 ounces palm sugar (finely chopped)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 ounces coconut (grated)

Method

Glutinous Rice Balls Stuffed With Palm Sugar is a community recipe submitted by aud and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

  • Combine the glutinous rice flour , pandanus juice and water into a medium sized bowl kneading well to form a smooth pliable dough.Cover the dough with a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.
  • Bring a pan of water to boil , then lower the heat so that the water simmers gently.
  • Pinch out a dough about 2 cm across flatten it into a disc and drop it into the simmering water. When the disc is cooked and rises to the surface, lift it out with a slotted spoon , shake off the water and knead the cooked dough evenly back into the main dough. If dough seem too sticky , knead in another 1 to 2 tbsp glutinous flour.
  • Mix the salt and grated coconut together and place on a plate.
  • Pinch off small balls of dough the size of small limes ( 20 g each ) and roll them into your palms to form smooth balls. carefully make a small well in hte center of each ball and fill with 1 tbsp of the palm sugar .
  • Pinch the dough together to seal the palm sugar inside tightly, then roll the ball gently to smoothen and , as you make each one , drop it into the simmering water.
  • When the dough balls floats to the top , carefully remove them with a slotted spoon and allow the water to drain off.
  • Then roll the balls in the grated coconut to coat evenly. Transfer to a serving plate.
  • Combine the glutinous rice flour , pandanus juice and water into a medium sized bowl kneading well to form a smooth pliable dough.Cover the dough with a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.
  • Bring a pan of water to boil , then lower the heat so that the water simmers gently.
  • Pinch out a dough about 2 cm across flatten it into a disc and drop it into the simmering water. When the disc is cooked and rises to the surface, lift it out with a slotted spoon , shake off the water and knead the cooked dough evenly back into the main dough. If dough seem too sticky , knead in another 1 to 2 tbsp glutinous flour.
  • Mix the salt and grated coconut together and place on a plate.
  • Pinch off small balls of dough the size of small limes ( 20 g each ) and roll them into your palms to form smooth balls. carefully make a small well in hte center of each ball and fill with 1 tbsp of the palm sugar .
  • Pinch the dough together to seal the palm sugar inside tightly, then roll the ball gently to smoothen and , as you make each one , drop it into the simmering water.
  • When the dough balls floats to the top , carefully remove them with a slotted spoon and allow the water to drain off.
  • Then roll the balls in the grated coconut to coat evenly. Transfer to a serving plate.
  • Additional Information

    We normally pinch small doughs of balls --- lime size .. Too big will be too difficult to eat as the palm sugar will ooze out from the dough

    We normally pinch small doughs of balls --- lime size .. Too big will be too difficult to eat as the palm sugar will ooze out from the dough

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