Photograph of the finished Changsha sugar oil baba

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Changsha sugar oil baba

50 min Hands-on time + 1 hr waiting
MediumDifficulty
6 stepsSteps
Serves 4 Amounts follow along 4

What to get ready

  • Photograph of Glutinous rice flour Glutinous rice flour 1.6 lb
  • Photograph of Sugar Sugar 1.2 lb
  • Photograph of Oil Oil 5 ⅛ cups
  • Photograph of Roasted white sesame seeds Roasted white sesame seeds 4.2 oz
  • Photograph of Rock sugar Rock sugar 4.2 oz
  • Photograph of Rice flour Rice flour 4.9 oz

Method

  1. 1 Knead glutinous rice flour with rice flour and warm water until a smooth dough is formed, then let it rest for 1 hour.
  2. 2 Shape the dough into a ball, then flatten it into a 1 cm thick pastry and press a slight indentation in the center.
  3. 3 Heat the oil with sugar and rock sugar until it dissolves into a thick sugar syrup at 150 degrees.
  4. 4 The cakes are fried directly in oil and sugar, not regular oil; that's the name and taste of the dish.
  5. 5 Fry for 6 minutes until both sides are golden brown and the sugar coats them.
  6. 6 Remove from the heat and sprinkle with roasted sesame seeds while still hot so the sesame seeds stick to the sugar coating.

With an appliance

  • Air fryer 45 min

    Replace steps 4 and 5: brush the pastry with 150-degree oil and sugar, spray with a thin layer of oil, then air fry at 180 degrees for 9 minutes, flipping at the 5th minute until both sides are golden brown. Step 6 still sprinkles sesame seeds while the pastry is still hot.

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