Materials:
-Glutinous rice flour
-Bean paste stuffing or sesame stuffing or other favorite stuffing.
-Water
-Sugar
-Corn starch or potato flour (to prevent adhesion)
-Chopped coconut or sesame (used to wrap the outer layer)
Steps:
1. Pour glutinous rice flour into a large bowl, and gradually add a proper amount of water and stir evenly to form a dough.
2. Take out a small piece of glutinous rice dough, knead it flat and roll it into a round cake with a thickness of about 1 finger.
3. Put a spoonful of red bean paste or other stuffing in the center of the round cake, wrap it in glutinous rice balls and knead it into a ball.
4. Wrap the prepared dumplings with a thin layer of corn starch or potato flour to avoid adhesion.
5. Cook the meatballs in boiling water until the meatballs float and the surface becomes slightly hard.
6. Dip the prepared pearl dumplings in a layer of shredded coconut or sesame seeds, and then decorate them with lovely bamboo sticks to make exquisite and beautiful desserts.
Precautions:
-the proportion of glutinous rice flour should be well controlled, too much will lead to sticky dumplings; Too little to bond.
-During the filling process, be careful not to crush the filling, otherwise it will affect the taste.
-Never put meatballs in boiling water too early. You need to wait until the water boils to make sure the meatballs are shaped.
-You can add some sugar and cooking oil to the glutinous rice dough to make the balls softer and more elastic.
Through the above steps, we can easily make pearl dumplings that adults and children like!