Bánh Cam (Sesame Balls)
Deep fried sesame balls filled with sweet mung bean and shredded coconut.
Servings: 6
Equipment
- 1 candy thermometer to make sure the oil is at the correct temperature.
Ingredients
Ingredients for the mung bean paste
- ½ cup peeled mung bean soaked in water overnight if possible.
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut (optional)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Ingredients for the dough
- 150 grams glutinous rice flour
- 35 grams rice flour
- 35 grams all purpose flour
- 100 grams mashed potatoes
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ¼ cup sugar more if you want the dough to be sweeter.
- ¼ tsp salt
- 160 mL hot water you can add more if the dough looks dry.
- vegetable oil for frying the sesame balls.
Instructions
Instructions for the mung bean filling:
- Rinse the peeled mung beans until the water is clear and place in a pot covered with water. Let cook until the mung beans are soft.
- Discard as much water as possible from the cooked mung beans and return the mung beans to the pot. Use a wooden spoon to smash the mung beans, then add sugar, vanilla extract and shredded coconut. It should be the consistency of a paste. Set it aside to cool.
Instructions for the dough:
- Peel and cut up 100 grams of potatoes and place in a pot with water to boil.
- When the potatoes are soft, strain the water and finely mash the potatoes.
- In a separate bowl, combine glutinous rice flour, rice flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and the mashed potatoes.
- If you have a stand mixer, turn it on low, then slowly pour the hot water into the flour mixture and let it mix until everything is combined. The dough will look a bit wet.
Instructions for putting the filling and dough together:
- Transfer the dough onto a floured surface and divide the dough in half. I like to roll each half into tubes. It makes it easier to divide into even pieces.
- Take the small dough and make a small well in the middle. This is where the mung bean filling will go.
- Use the small ice cream scoop to place the mung bean filling into the well.
- Pinch the sides of the dough together to cover the mung bean filling. Then roll the filled dough into a ball. Continue until all the dough is filled with the mung bean paste.
- Roll the ball into a bowl of sesame seeds. Continue until all the balls are coated with sesame seeds.
- Fill a deep pot with vegetable oil. Make sure the oil comes to 350-375F before putting the sesame balls in. Fry until golden brown. Place the sesame balls on a cooling rack. Enjoy.
