Pumpkin Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls (Tang Yuan Recipe) | 南瓜黑芝麻汤圆

black sesame paste

🥗Healthier: tahini

💰Cheaper: peanut butter

Tahini provides a similar creamy texture while being lower in calories.

glutinous rice flour

🥗Healthier: almond flour

💰Cheaper: regular rice flour

Regular rice flour is more affordable and widely available.

Add roasted black sesame seeds, roasted walnuts, shredded coconut, and salt to a food processor and pulse until it turns into a powder.

Transfer the mixture to a bowl and add melted coconut oil and honey, mixing until combined.

Portion the filling into 5-gram pieces and freeze for at least 15 minutes until solid.

Boil kombucha squash, mash it into a puree, or use pre-made pumpkin puree.

Mix glutinous rice flour with the pumpkin puree, kneading until it reaches a Play-Doh-like consistency.

Roll the dough into a log and cut into 22 pieces, about 10 grams each.

Wrap the filling with the dough, ensuring it's sealed tightly.

Drop the rice balls into a pot of boiling water, adding cold water to lower the temperature and cook gently.

Once the rice balls float, they are fully cooked.

Prepare a syrup by boiling peach resin and goji berries with brown sugar in water, then serve with the rice balls.

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