Gloutinouse rice ball
Ingredient to make the glutinous rice ball soup:
300g glutinous rice floursugar
2 cup water (for rice ball)Handful of nata de coco (optional)
100g gingko3 pandan leaves
Dash of food coloring (red)800ml to 1L water ( to make soup)
To make the glutinous rice balls:
add in rice flour in a big bowl, pour in water slowly and mix well till form a dough that not stick to your hand
knead the dough for 5 – 8 minutes
tang yuan dough
divide the dough into 2 portion, add in a dash of food coloring to one of the portion.
Bring water to boil in a cooking pot, pinch a small dough and roll to form a ball, drop in the rice ball into the boil water. Repeat. It float when cooked.
when tang yuan float, means cooked
Scoop the cooked rice balls and put in a bowl of water.
To make the soup:
bring 800ml – 1L water to boil, add in gingko and cook for 10 minutes
add in pandan leaves, nata de coco, sugar and the cooked rice balls, bring back to boil.