Perfectly Golden Sesame Balls
This is a straightforward, easy recipe for perfectly golden sesame balls.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 sesame balls 1x
- Category: Dim Sum
- Method: Deep frying
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups or 240 grams of glutinous rice flour
- 2 ½ tablespoons of organic cane sugar
- ½ cup and 1 tablespoon of just boiled water
- 1/2 cup of plain, room temperature water for rolling sesame balls in
- ¼ cup of raw white sesame seeds
- ½ cup or 136 grams of filling such as sweet adzuki bean paste (organic store-bought or homemade)
- Neutral frying oil such as vegetable oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, etc.
Instructions
- Mix the glutinous rice flour, organic cane sugar and hot water in a big bowl with chopsticks.
- Let it cool down and roll it into a nice ball. Springy enough when you touch. Not too sticky and not to dry. Adjust accordingly to get the right texture. Add tiny bits of glutinous rice flour if too wet or add tiny bits of water if too dry.
- Roll out into a log (dough doesn’t need to rest in the recipe) and split into 8 even pieces.
- Roll each piece of dough into a ball. If you are not using filling, skip to step 8.
- We are going to take the first ball and shape it. To shape, make an indentation in the middle with your thumb and start working around the dough to make a wall with your other fingers as if you were making a pinch pot. Make the opening where your thumb is big enough to add a heaping half tablespoon of filling in each ball.
- We take a heaping half tablespoon of filling and put it in the sesame ball. Then we seal it and gently roll it around to secure the seal.
- We dip it in water and wet the whole ball. We place the wet sesame ball on a bed of the sesame seeds and toss more sesame seeds at the top (instead of rolling the sesame ball around).
- Repeat steps 5-7 for the rest of the sesame balls.
- Bring a large pot to medium heat and add neutral frying oil. When the temperature gets to 300°-310° (nothing higher!) fry the sesame balls at medium for 5-6 minutes or until the balls start to float. Keep the balls rolling so that they don’t stick to the pot.
- When the balls start to float, turn the heat to medium high or 350° (nothing over – be safe!) and fry until a light golden color. Do not fry until we get that perfect medium golden color or else the sesame balls will burn.
- When the balls are done, drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
- Let sesame balls cool before serving.
Notes
- If any filling comes out of the sesame balls, immediately remove.
- Reheat at 310° F in the oven for 5 minutes or 300° F in the convection oven for 4 minutes. Do not microwave or refry.
- I am using an electronic induction range so my stuff heats at a faster and more powerful rate. Always check the temperature using a thermometer.
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