It is usually eaten during festive seasons like - Lantern Festival or during Yuanxiao. In a traditional term, it actually means being united as a family!
One of the most famous area that you can try it out is at Ah Chew Desserts!
Hennie's comment : There are different fillings like peanut and black sesame! and different colours too. It is really very special to have this in Singapore! I'll definitely come back to try more!
How to get there!
Address: 1 Liang Seah Street, #01-11 Liang Seah Place,Singapore
Want to try doing it out yourself? Enjoy the time with family by doing it with them!
Ingredients
For the rice ball:
300 gram glutinuous rice flour (about 1 cup)
1 teaspoon of cherry red colour essence
½ cup of water
For soup:
3 slices of ginger
5 pandan leaves, washed and cut off dead edges, tie leaves into a knot/ bundle
1 lump of rock sugar or brown sugar (about palm size, adjust sweetness to your liking)
1 pot of water, 50% filled (about 1000ml)
Dipping:
Ground peanut mixture (peanut, white sesame and sugar)
Method
1) Place glutinuous rice flour in a clean large bowl. Put some water (in few stages) while kneating the flour into dough, which means mix the flour with a little bit of water, kneat and put a little bit of water again. Repeat the step till it becomes dough. The texture of the dough has to be smooth and a little sticky.
2) Split half the dough. Half of it to mix with red colour, while the other half remains white. Take a small lump of dough, put on your palm and roll into bite-sized ball. Repeat step till all complete.
3) To add ground peanut into the rice ball as its filling: take a biggr lump of dough, put on your palm and roll into (size of fifty cents) ball. Then, kneat with finger tips to flatten the piece. Put half teaspoon of ground peanut at the centre of the dough, fold it half and kneat around the edge to seal it. Tenderly roll it into ball. Repeat step till desired amount of rice balls. Reserve rice balls for later.
4) Boil a pot of water over high heat. Place ginger slices and pandan leaf bundle into the boiling water. Add rock sugar. Bring broth into a boil again.
5) Place rice balls into the boiling broth. Wait till all rice balls rise to the surface of the broth, when cooked. Heat off and serve.
For the rice ball:
300 gram glutinuous rice flour (about 1 cup)
1 teaspoon of cherry red colour essence
½ cup of water
For soup:
3 slices of ginger
5 pandan leaves, washed and cut off dead edges, tie leaves into a knot/ bundle
1 lump of rock sugar or brown sugar (about palm size, adjust sweetness to your liking)
1 pot of water, 50% filled (about 1000ml)
Dipping:
Ground peanut mixture (peanut, white sesame and sugar)
Method
1) Place glutinuous rice flour in a clean large bowl. Put some water (in few stages) while kneating the flour into dough, which means mix the flour with a little bit of water, kneat and put a little bit of water again. Repeat the step till it becomes dough. The texture of the dough has to be smooth and a little sticky.
2) Split half the dough. Half of it to mix with red colour, while the other half remains white. Take a small lump of dough, put on your palm and roll into bite-sized ball. Repeat step till all complete.
3) To add ground peanut into the rice ball as its filling: take a biggr lump of dough, put on your palm and roll into (size of fifty cents) ball. Then, kneat with finger tips to flatten the piece. Put half teaspoon of ground peanut at the centre of the dough, fold it half and kneat around the edge to seal it. Tenderly roll it into ball. Repeat step till desired amount of rice balls. Reserve rice balls for later.
4) Boil a pot of water over high heat. Place ginger slices and pandan leaf bundle into the boiling water. Add rock sugar. Bring broth into a boil again.
5) Place rice balls into the boiling broth. Wait till all rice balls rise to the surface of the broth, when cooked. Heat off and serve.
Other Places that you can try it out too!
1. Ah Balling Peanut Soup - 23 Serangoon Central Nex
2. Ji De Chi - Address: 8 Liang Seah Street, #01-03 Singapore
Tempting! I will definitely try it!! :)
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