Sesame Balls

Crisp, hollow glutinous rice balls coated in sesame seeds and filled with sweet red bean paste.

Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0

Ingredients

• 250 g glutinous rice flour
• 60 g sesame seeds
• 200 g sweet red bean paste
• 60 g sugar
• About 180 ml hot water
• Vegetable oil, for frying

How to make Sesame Balls

1. Dissolve the sugar in the hot water and mix into the flour to form a soft dough.
2. Wrap pieces of dough around balls of red bean paste and seal.
3. Roll in water, then in sesame seeds.
4. Fry in medium-hot oil, pressing gently as they puff, until golden.