Sweet Pumpkin Rice Ball

Ingredients

Sweet Pumpkin 18g, Glutinous Rice Flour 18g, Castella Cake 18g, Salt 0.2g, Raisins 2g, Pumpkin Seeds 0.8g, Pine Nuts 2g, Water 10g

Instructions

1. 1

   Tear the castella into large pieces and finely blend.

   
2. 2

   Wash the sweet pumpkin thoroughly, steam in a steamer, remove the skin, and pass through a sieve while hot.

   
3. 3

   Add salt to the glutinous rice flour and gradually pour in hot water while kneading, then add the mashed sweet pumpkin from 2 and knead until stiff.

   
4. 4

   Tear off the dough from 3, roll into a ball with your palms, put a pine nut in the center, and shape round.

   
5. 5

   Boil the rice balls from 4 in boiling water, and once they float, leave briefly, drain, and rinse in cold water.

   
6. 6

   Coat the rice balls with about 1/3 castella cake crumbs and garnish with raisins and pumpkin seeds.