Golden Sesame Balls

These golden sesame balls are a wonderful Chinese pastry with lotus paste filling that is easy to make at home. You can buy white lotus paste in specialty Asian markets.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 217 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups vegetable oil for frying
• 1 ounce white sugar
• 3 ounces glutinous rice flour
• 2 ounces ice cold water
• 4 ounces white lotus paste
• 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.33333334326744 ounce shortening
• 0.5 cup white sesame seeds

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine sugar and shortening in a bowl to make a paste. Add rice flour, baking powder, and ice water and mix everything into a dough ball. Wrap in plastic film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Step 2

Remove dough from fridge and separate into 6 equal portions. Roll into balls and flatten the balls into thin disks. Portion lotus paste into 6 equal parts and roll into small balls. Set a lotus paste ball in the center of the flattened dough disks and wrap dough around the lotus paste. Roll between the palms of your hands until all the seams are gone and no lotus paste is showing.

Step 3

Pour sesame seeds onto a saucer and roll finished balls in the sesame seeds. Roll balls between your palms one more time to make sure sesame seeds stick.

Step 4

Pour oil into a pot and heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Drop balls into the hot oil and fry until golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from the hot oil with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate to absorb the excess oil

Step 5

Serve - be careful! The lotus paste inside the balls will be very hot.