How to make sweet rice balls with palm sugar filling (Nom pler ai)

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt + vinegar

Soy sauce is a lower-calorie alternative and suitable for vegetarians.

peanuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: pumpkin seeds

Sunflower seeds provide similar crunch at a lower cost.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Tofu is a plant-based protein option.

rice noodles

🥗Healthier: zucchini noodles

💰Cheaper: spaghetti

Zucchini noodles reduce carbs while maintaining texture.

Knead the dough for 5 minutes.

Combine 1 cup of sweet rice flour, 1/3 cup of rice flour, and 1/2 cup of water to form the dough.

Add a little more water if the dough is too hard to form.

Do not add sugar to the dough to prevent it from breaking apart when boiling.

For the filling, mix coconut shredded with palm sugar and regular sugar, then stir-fry to melt everything together.

Form the mixture into small round shapes.

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