Day 9 – OMG sesame dumpling balls

OMG sesame dumpling balls

1. Place water, sugar, ginger and pandanus leaves in a pot and cover to simmer (a good few hours is nice)
2. Make the dough by combining sticky rice flour and water together in a bowl. Mix until it is combined and then kneed. The mixture should be the consistency of bread dough and quite light. Water/flour may be added to improve the consistency. Kneed for about 8 minutes. Cover and put to one side.
3. In a wok roast the black sesame seeds until they are popping quite a lot
4. Grind peanuts and sesame in a mortar until a paste
5. Over a medium heat boil together palm sugar and water until the palm sugar has dissolved
6. Combine with sesame seed & peanut while still on the heat. Once combined take off the heat and put in a bowl that it fills (to ensure the heat is maintained)
7. Carefully take out balls of the sesame mix and roll so they hold themselves together and place on a plate. You will need about 25 balls, each about 1cm diameter.
8. Take the dough and pull balls from this (about the same size as the sesame balls). Flatten the ball and place a sesame ball in the centre. Fold the dough around the ball. Careful not to allow any holes to appear. If there are any holes just patch with dough.
9. Once they are all prepared place balls in boiling water until they float. Once floating serve in a bowl of the ginger sauce and add sugar to taste.