I have tried making Deep Fried Sesame Balls two years back. Though everything seem to be perfect while frying the Sesame Balls but some burst out the filling and make a mess in the hot oil.
Last week I accidentally stumbled upon this site while searching for some other recipes and after watching her video, I just got to try it out myself.
DEEP FRIED SESAME BALLS ~ JIN DUI
1 ½ cups
glutinous rice flour (I weight it this 1 ½ cups is equivalent to 190 grams ) **
80 grams
caster sugar or granulated sugar
100ml
water + 10ml (please adjust accordingly)
½ tsp
baking powder (you can add this or opt out)
1 cup
lightly toasted white sesame seeds
80g or
more red bean paste
Method
Preparing the cooked dough
In a
small medium bowl, scoop two tablespoon glutinous rice flour out and mix it
with 10ml water. (you can add a little
more water if there’s a need). Knead
till all come together and smooth.
In a
small saucepan, bring some water to a rapid boil. Add in the small dough and cook for about 2
to 3 minutes. Scoop out the cooked dough
and transfer it to a small bowl with some cold water to cool down the cooked
small dough. Set aside.
Preparing the Main dough
In a
medium large size bowl, put the balance glutinous rice flour, sugar and baking
powder and mix it together. Then add in
the cool cooked dough in. Using your
hand, break out the cooked dough to mix in to the flour sugar mixture. Slowly
add in the water bit by bit the water and mix till all come together. (adjust
the water accordingly if there is a need). Continue to knead till the dough is
smooth.
Shape the
dough into a long log and divide in to 20 equal balls. (I weight each into 20
grams).
Assembling the Sesame Balls
Shape the
small balls into like a shape of small bowls or just flatten the dough. Scoop
1 teaspoon of red bean paste in (more if you like) and seal it up completely
and roll in your palms to shape it round again.
Repeat the rest.
Prepare 1
bowl with some water and another bowl with the toasted sesame.
With one
hand, a quick dip one of sesame ball into
the bowl of water and immediately transfer to the bowl of sesame seeds. Using your other hand, roll the ball to coat with
the sesame seeds; lightly press it in order all surface are coated with the
sesame seeds.
The frying process
Using a
medium size saucepan or your frying pan/wok, heat up some enough oil and once
the oil has reached to a 120 Celcius, carefully drop in the few sesame balls to
deep fry (in batches) , turn down the
heat to slowly deep fry the sesame balls till golden brown. Remove
and drain on a paper towel to remove assess oil. Repeat the rest until all are done.
Let it
cool down few minutes, and enjoy!
** I tried to google searched for that 1 cup of glutinuous rice flour in grams and its indicated 200 grams. But when I weighed my 1 cup flour in a digital scale it was just 130g.
I am indeed so pleased this time that none of my sesame balls exploded in the frying process. In fact, they looked so gorgeous in golden brown.
As I have read some tips that Elaine of China Sicuan Food has mentioned about "How to avoid explosion during deep frying process?" And this is the main thing that has caught my eye and wanted to try out her recipe.
She mentioned that " The key skill here is to boil around 1/10 of your flour first and then
mix with the balance flour. When glutinous rice flour meet heat or hot
water, it will becomes sticky and prevent explosion in deep-frying
process as long as the oil temperature is controlled well."
Well, hopped over to her site to read more of the tips she has shared out.
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