Ube-Coconut Rice Balls Recipe




INGREDIENTS:
  • small purple sweet potato (about 6 ounces)
  • 1 1/2 cups glutinous rice flour
  • 1/2 cup lukewarm water (or more as needed)
  • 1 cup dessicated coconut
  • sugar to taste

Ube-Coconut Rice Balls Recipe

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Roast ube in preheated 425F degree oven for 30-35 minutes or until soft to touch. Let cool, scoop out of the skin and mash with fork.
  2. In a medium saucepan, fill halfway with water and put to boil over high heat.
  3. Meanwhile In a medium bowl, place rice flour. Stir in water and mix thoroughly. Add water a tablespoon at a time until dough comes together. Dough should be firm but pliable.
  4. Pull one teaspoonful of dough, flatten into 3-inch circle and place about half a teaspoon of ubein center. Gather the edges onto itself to seal. Rub between the palms of your hands to make a ball.
  5. Once water boil, lower heat to simmer and drop in rice balls a few at a time. Once it floats, ladle out and roll in coconut. Serve warm or room temperature with sugar for dipping.

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