Sesame “Laughing” Balls 笑口棗

Nguyên liệu

• 300 g All-purpose flour
• 120 g Sugar
• 2 g Baking powder ((1/2 tsp))
• 1 g Baking soda ((1/4 tsp))
• 1 Egg
• 45 ml Oil
• 90 ml Water
• 60 g White sesame seeds
• 600 ml Oil (for deep frying)

Cách làm

1. 1

   Combine 300g of all-purpose flour, 1 g baking powder and 2 g baking soda in a mixing bowl and mix well

2. 2

   Add 120 g sugar, 1 egg and 45 ml oil into the mixing bowl. Mix until clumpy

3. 3

   Add 90 ml water and mix with your hands and knead only until you can form a ball with the dough. If the dough is too wet, add some more flour It should look like it has cracks in it. You don’t want to overwork the dough since we want the balls to turn out more crumbly than chewy. The kneading should take about 5 minutes

4. 4

   Put the dough ball into the mixing bowl, cover the bowl and let the dough rest for 15 minutes

5. 5

   After 15 minutes, sprinkle a flat surface with some four and cut the dough ball in half.

6. 6

   Put one half back into the mixing bowl and cover

7. 7

   Make a ball with the other half, flatten the ball slightly, and make a hole in the middle of the ball

8. 8

   Stretch the dough to make a ring.

9. 9

   Make a horizontal cut on the ring and roll it on a flat surface until the dough has an even diameter. Approx. 3 cm diameter

10. 10

    Cut into 10 g pieces

11. 11

    Roll each piece into a ball with the palms of your hands

12. 12

    Put 60 g of sesame seeds into a bowl

13. 13

    Prepare a bowl with some water. Enough to cover the balls

14. 14

    Put a few balls into the water. Quickly remove them and put them into the sesame seed bowl

15. 15

    Cover each ball completely with sesame seeds. Use a spoon to help

16. 16

    Roll each ball again using your palms to press the sesame seeds into the dough and put onto a plate

17. 17

    Repeat steps 13 to 15 until all the dough is used

18. 18

    Pour 600 ml oil into a pot (or you can use a deep fryer) You can use a bigger pot and more oil to reduce the number of batches to fry

19. 19

    Heat the oil to approx. 150˚C or 300˚F. Turn off the heat This will prevent the ball from hardening too quickly on the outside. Once it hardens, it’ll be difficult for the air inside the balls to crack open the dough

20. 20

    Add the sesame balls to the pot. The balls will expand, so try not to overcrowd the pot

21. 21

    Turn the heat back on to medium after 3 minutes. The balls should have floated up to the surface of the oil and started to crack open

22. 22

    Keep frying at around 120˚C or 250˚F for around 5 minutes frying at a low temperature will help them crack open more

23. 23

    Then turn the heat to medium high for approx. 1-2 minutes to get the perfect golden colour

24. 24

    Remove the balls from the oil and put them on a cooling rack

25. 25

    Repeat until all the sesame balls have been fried

26. 26

    After frying, let them cool for 15 minutes before serving