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Total Time:
2 hours 35 minutes(Cooking)Servings:
4Steamed Pearl Balls Recipe
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These sticky rice balls are full of flavour.
Ingredients
| 250g | ground pork |
| 200g | shrimp (optional) |
| 1/2 tsp | salt (or more) |
| 1 tsp | sugar |
| 1 tbsp | potato starch |
| 2 tbsp | spring onions, minced |
| 3/4 cup | glutinous rice (a.k.a sweet rice, sticky rice) |
| white pepper, to taste | |
| 1 tsp | sesame oil |
Preparation
- Soak the glutinous rice in water for minimum 2 hours, or overnight.
- In large big bowl, combine the ground pork and 1/2 teaspoon of salt, toss it around.
- Add in the shrimp pieces (optional) and continue tossing.
- Mix in the sugar, potato starch, white pepper, spring onions, and sesame oil.
- Continue kneading and tossing until it's well mixed and elastic. Set aside.
- Drain glutinous rice and add a pinch of salt and a dash of sesame oil. Mix well.
- Shape the pork into little balls. roll them and cover with glutinous rice.
- Place the meat balls 1/2-inch apart on a greased plate. Steam for 15-20 minutes.
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