Photograph of the finished Sesame balls jian dui

China · Bánh nếp chiên vừng nhân đậu đỏ

Sesame balls jian dui

1 hr Hands-on time + 8 hr waiting
HardDifficulty
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 Red bean Red bean 1.3 lb
  • Photograph of Sugar Sugar 15.5 oz
  • Photograph of Roasted white sesame seeds Roasted white sesame seeds 9.9 oz
  • Photograph of Oil Oil 7 ⅔ cups
  • Photograph of Rock sugar Rock sugar 5.6 oz
  • Photograph of Salt Salt 0.3 oz
  • Photograph of Rice flour Rice flour 4.2 oz

Method

  1. 1 Cook red beans until tender, then mix with sugar to form a thick agar paste (anko) and roll into small balls.
  2. 2 Boil rock sugar with water to make a warm syrup, then knead the glutinous rice flour with that syrup.
  3. 3 Knead the dough with warm syrup, not plain water; the sugar in the flour is what helps the crust rise.
  4. 4 Wrap the filling in the dough, roll it into a ball, and then dip it in water before coating it completely with sesame seeds.
  5. 5 Fry in warm oil at 130 degrees and gradually increase to 170 degrees over 15 minutes.
  6. 6 While frying, gently press and roll the balls continuously with a spatula; this is how the balls expand to double their size.

With an appliance

  • Air fryer 50 min

    Replace steps 5 and 6: spray oil evenly over the sesame-coated dough balls, air fry at 170 degrees for 14 minutes, and flip and rotate the balls at minutes 5 and 10 to ensure the crust puffs up evenly. The filling and wrapping steps from steps 1 to 4 remain the same.

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