The authentic way to steam lotus root balls is as follows:
Main ingredients: 200g of glutinous rice, 200g of lotus root, 150g of tapioca starch.
Accessories: salt to taste, green onion to taste.
1, glutinous rice after washing, do not have to soak, add the right amount of water, into the steamer, steamed into glutinous rice can be.
2, the lotus root with a tool to rub into the mud, if you do not have a tool that is directly chopped with a knife, slightly with a granularity to eat more refreshing.
3, the steamed glutinous rice and lotus root puree mix up, kneaded with hands.
4, add tapioca starch, tapioca starch steamed out of the texture is QQ popping, more powerful, if not, use sweet potato starch instead.
5, add chopped green onion and salt, use your hands to mix the batter into the right state of wet and dry, if it is too soft is not too easy to mold, steamed out is not beautiful, you can slightly increase the amount of tapioca starch.
6, the hands of a little oil to prevent sticking, take a ball of glutinous rice lotus root paste slightly pinched, in the palm of the hand to organize into a round ball. Put all the round balls on a plate brushed with oil, and steam them for 10 minutes on the pot.