not sure if you guys like to eat QQ ball or taiwan yam ball, it's quite a favourite of mine.... recently i saw the
recipe online so i decide to give it a shot...
ingredients:
yam300g
tapioca starch 100g (3:1 ratio)
sweet potato 800g
tapioca starch 400g (2:1 ratio)
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| tapioca starch |
as stated by online recipe, you need to use tapioca starch or else you wont have the chewy, QQ taste
Direction:
Step 1: Steam sweet potato/ yam till soft....
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| before steaming |
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| after steaming |
it is important that the veggie are steam thoroughly or else you will have a hard time mashing them up....
Step 2: mash up & add starch
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| mash it up |
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| add starch |
Step 3: mix thoroughly.... if the dough is too dry then add water till you can form a smooth dough but not sticky
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| sweet potato dough |
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| yam dough |
Step 4: take a small portion of the dough, roll & cut into small cubes
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| cut into cubes |
Step 5: bring a pot of water to boil before adding in the QQ balls..... cook for additional 1 min after the balls start to float
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| boiling |
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| boiled |
Step 6: drain out QQ ball & put inside ice water... this step will make the balls extra chewy & not stick together..
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| cool in ice water |
Step 7: serve QQ ball with grass jelly or simply season with syrup
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| final product |
if you cant finish the whole dough, coat the QQ balls with tapioca starch & freeze them (DONT cook them & keep cause they will stick)... you can keep the frozen balls for quite awhile =)
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| coated QQ balls |
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| frozen QQ balls |
