Glutinous Rice Balls With Peanuts

Glutinous Rice Balls With Peanuts

This is a Chinese traditional desserts. In Chinese it is known as 'tangyuan' It is made from glutinous rice flour which is then cooked and served in sugar syrup (white or brown sugar). Soy bean water can be cooked with the glutinous rice flour balls. For the fillings, sesame seeds and chopped peanut with sugar or red bean paste can be used. The traditional type do not have any fillings. It is served with plain sugar syrup or sometimes  ginger with brown sugar is added.

Ingredients:
1 cup glutinous rice flour
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp hot water
4 cups soy bean water

Fillings:
2 tbsp chopped peanut
1 tsp sugar

Method:
1. Prepare the fillings:
a) Chop peanuts finely and mix with some sugar. Put aside.

2. Prepare the Dough:
a) Mix 1 tablespoon flour with hot water. Mix the mixture into the remaining flour with enough water.
b) Knead the dough until soft and smooth.
c) Divide the dough into small balls. Fill each dough with peanut fillings.

3. Prepare the gravy:
a) Boil 4 cups of water and mix with some sugar. If you use brown sugar, add some old ginger into the water. If you use soy bean water you can used ready-made ones sold in the shops.

4. Boil a pot of water . When it boils,  put in the glutinous rice balls. The glutinous rice balls will float when they are cooked.

5. Place the cooked glutinous rice balls in the prepared gravy. The gravy can be made from sugar syrup, brown sugar syrup  or soy bean water.