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Close-up of a white plate featuring golden sesame balls with a white sesame seed coating. One of the balls has a bite missing, revealing the caramel-colored lotus seed paste at its center.

Sesame Balls with Lotus Seed Paste

Chewy mochi-like rice balls, stuffed with sweet lotus seed paste. They’re rolled in sesame seeds and fried till they’re crispy and golden brown.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time 5 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Appetizer, Breakfast
Cuisine Asian, Chinese
Servings 6 Pieces

Equipment

  • 1 Sauce Pot For Frying
  • 1 Pan
  • 1 Medium Sized Bowl
  • 1 Spatula
  • 1 Cooking Thermometer
  • 1 Sieve or Slotted Spoon

Ingredients
 

  • A little less than 1/2 cup (110 mL) water
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup glutinous rice flour
  • 1 tsp neutral oil
  • 6 oz store-bought lotus seed paste
  • 1/3 cup sesame seeds
  • 1 pint neutral oil for frying

Instructions
 

Prep

  • Heat up a pot on the stove over low heat and pour in a pint of oil. Let it heat up until it’s hot.

Dough

  • On a pan over medium-high heat, mix the water and sugar until the sugar dissolves.
  • In a big bowl, mix glutinous rice flour with the sugar water which may be added in at any temperature. Mix until it’s clumpy, then add in 1 tsp of oil.
  • Use your hands to knead it into a smooth, firm dough ball. It shouldn’t be too saggy. The perfect texture of a sesame ball dough before it is fried should be smooth, elastic, and firm but not too dry or too soft.
  • If the dough sags, add glutinous rice flour to the dough ball 1/4 teaspoon at a time until it is firm but not too dry.

Shape

  • Split the dough into 6 pieces and roll them into spheres.
  • Divide the filling into 1 oz portions. Roll them into spheres.
  • Add a piece of dough to your palm and flatten it with your other hand.
  • Place a piece of filling in the center, pinch the edges together, and roll it into a sphere.
  • Toss it in sesame seeds. Repeat for the rest of the dough.

Cook

  • When the oil in the pot hits 250°F / 111°C, toss in the sesame balls. Flip continuously until they float, 10 mins.
  • Then, take turns submerging the balls in the hot oil with a sieve.
  • After the initial 20 minutes, gradually increase the oil temperature to 300°F / 148°C for the final 10 minutes of frying.
  • They should look round and light golden brown. Transfer them onto paper towels to absorb excess oil. Serve while warm and enjoy same day!
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