SESAME BALLS HOW TO

You can also opt for these less traditional options that might be a better stepping stone into these flavors or textures especially for kids by filling these with Nut butters or vegan Nutella. Red Bean : If red bean isn’t your thing you could either go with another traditional filling like mung bean paste, roasted peanuts, or sweet potato. Remove the balls from the oil and roll on a paper towel to remove excess oil, and then let them cool on a wire rack. They will be golden brown when they are ready. Cook the sesame balls in the oil for 10-15. Once the balls begin to expand and rise toward the top of the oil you will still want to stir them occasionally to ensure they are evenly cooked. This might result in one side cooking significantly more. When you first put the sesame balls in make sure to stir them so they don’t sit on the bottom of the pan.

They will expand as they are fried, so plan accordingly. You will want enough oil in the pot so that sesame balls are submerged when you first put them in. To fry the sesame balls you’ll want to heat oil in a large pot to 350 degrees. Place the sesame balls on a plate or sheet while you make the rest of them. Then roll the ball in the sesame seeds and they should stick now. If the seeds are not sticking slightly damp your hands and roll the ball between them so the outside becomes slightly wet. Next roll the ball in sesame seeds so it covers the outside. You can do this by crimping the edges and rolling and tossing the ball in your hands to smooth the outside. Make sure to seal the edges so the red bean doesn’t leak out while frying. Add around 1 tsp of red bean paste to the center of the disk and wrap the dough around the red bean paste. Once you’re ready to make the sesame balls take some dough and flatten it in your hand until it’s around 1/2 inch thick. Next, you can either divide the dough into 25-30 evenly measured balls or just pinch off the dough as you go and stuff the balls. Once you have the dough formed and it’s not sticking to the bowl you’ll knead it for up to 5 minutes or until the dough becomes smooth and slightly glossy. After the dough has formed, add a little more sugar water at a time until you reach a dough that doesn’t completely crumble if you work it with your hands. Then add 1 cup of the hot sugar water into the dough and mix them. You’ll make the sesame ball dough by mixing the glutinous rice flour, baking powder, and brown sugar water. Sesame Balls are a slightly more temperamental pantry to make at first, but you will quickly get the hang of it and be able to crank them out quite fast. This means you likely can eat it as a restaurant, but I would still check with your local dim sum restaurant. To my surprise, I found out this dish is traditionally one that does not use any animal-based ingredients.

SESAME BALLS HOW TO

This resulted in me searching the internet to learn how to make this delicious pastry. I soon faced the reality that this was not going to be a treat I could buy locally anytime soon. I also heard the sad news recently that one of the remaining and popular dim sum restaurants in the Portland area was affected too much by Covid-19 and will be closing down. Now that I live out in rural Oregon I can’t buy these since there are not any dim sum restaurants around here. They were great snacks to eat while commuting on buses which I would do a lot when I was a nanny for several families across the Seattle area. Many of which you could pop into and grab a sesame ball or two like you might at a street vendor. One of the great parts about living in Seattle was all the dim sum vendors. As a young child, I always preferred the peanut or meat-filled versions of these, but as I got older I learned to appreciate the subtle sweetness and flavor profile of a good red bean paste. This was a dish I grew up eating alongside Char Siu Bao, which I have veganized here.

Sesame balls