Glutinous Rice Balls 糯米糍

The filling recipes included are black sesame/walnut and coconut/ peanut. But there are lots of variations you can incorporate…. Popular fillings include red bean paste, mung bean paste, lotus seed paste, durian, mango, ice-cream, or even meat fillings. With all soft fillings like durian and ice-cream, you’ll need to freeze them into ball shapes for easy wrapping. You may want to colour the skin with food colour or natural colour. I put Butterfly Pea tea in the coconut milk to make it blue. I used cooked glutinous rice flour to cover the outside of the skin. Roasted soy powder, shredded coconut and ground peanuts are also popular options. Storage: They can keep at room temperature for a day but best to freeze them if you’re not consuming on the day you make them. Thaw for approx. 2 hours or until it softens before eating. They taste quite fresh even after freezing.

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