【Chongqing】Black sesame glutinous rice balls

【Chongqing】Black sesame glutinous rice balls

Overview

When talking about the Chinese New Year, of course we have to eat glutinous rice balls. The bowl of steaming glutinous rice balls on the morning of the first day of the new year. The glutinous rice balls symbolize the new year, harmony, beauty, reunion, and sweetness. I think of a riddle about this kind of food: a group of geese in the river, floating and falling. What is this? In fact, this kind of delicacy is not special, but we rarely get to taste it during normal times, but every household has to eat it during the Lantern Festival. I love eating glutinous rice balls and watching them floating in the water. I remember when I was a child, I once watched my mother make glutinous rice balls. She first poured the glutinous rice noodles into a basin, mixed it with water, and kneaded it into a dough. Then she picked up a small ball of dough each time and rounded it into a doughnut shape in her hand. Then she put sesame filling in the middle, and then rounded them into a shape the size of a ping pong ball. After the water in the pot boiled, she put them all down. Mom closed the lid, and all that was left was an anxious and long wait. Being a glutton, I often secretly opened the lid and watched, only to see the small white balls placed on the bottom of the water. After a while, a few floated up first, and then a few more. Gradually, they floated and fell. They were very cute. I put the glutinous rice balls into my mouth, and the tender and soft glutinous rice balls jumped around in my mouth. When I took a bite, the sesame seeds inside immediately came out. The sesame seeds, which are sweeter than honey, and the soft cloth-like dumpling skin are slowly swallowed into the stomach. The taste is really wonderful, as if the exhaled breath also brings a hint of the fragrance of sesame seeds. This feeling is so wonderful that you can’t get enough of it⋯

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Steps

  1. Let’s make the stuffing first and prepare the stuffing

    【Chongqing】Black sesame glutinous rice balls step 1

  2. Put the sesame seeds in a dry pot over low heat and stir-fry until they are cooked and you can hear crackling sounds. Don’t make them burnt. You can try it.

    【Chongqing】Black sesame glutinous rice balls step 2

  3. Place the fried sesame seeds into a bowl and grind them into fine pieces (you can also use a blender to grind them into fine pieces)

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  4. Put the pounded sesame seeds into a bowl, add sugar and lard, then put it into a pot with water, steam over high heat until the lard and sugar are completely melted! Let cool and set aside,

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  5. Preparation of glutinous rice flour (glutinous rice flour)

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  6. Add appropriate amount of water and knead into a smooth dough that is not dry

    【Chongqing】Black sesame glutinous rice balls step 6

  7. Then divide the dough into small groups of even size

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  8. Take a ball and roll it into a ball, make a well in the middle, add sesame filling, wrap it up, and roll it into a ball.

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  9. Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot and bring to a boil, add glutinous rice balls, turn to medium-low heat and cook, gently push with the back of a spoon to prevent sticking,

    【Chongqing】Black sesame glutinous rice balls step 9

  10. Cook until the glutinous rice balls float, then cook for about 2 minutes and it's done!

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  11. Take it out and take a bite. The sesame flavor is rich, soft and sweet!

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  12. Finally, I wish you all a Happy New Year🎉🎊. Tangyuan symbolizes family reunion. Eating glutinous rice balls means family happiness and all the best in the new year. Eat glutinous rice balls😋😍

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