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Bánh Cam (Sesame Balls)

Deep fried sesame balls filled with sweet mung bean and shredded coconut.

Original recipe: simplevietnamesefood.com

Yield:
6 servings
Prep:
60 min
Cook:
60 min
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Bánh Cam (Sesame Balls)

Ingredients

  1. ½ cup peeled mung bean (soaked in water overnight if possible.)
  2. ¼ tsp salt
  3. ¼ cup sugar
  4. ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut (optional)
  5. 1 tsp vanilla extract
  6. 150 grams glutinous rice flour
  7. 35 grams rice flour
  8. 35 grams all purpose flour
  9. 100 grams mashed potatoes
  10. 2 tsp baking powder
  11. ¼ cup sugar (more if you want the dough to be sweeter.)
  12. ¼ tsp salt
  13. 160 mL hot water (you can add more if the dough looks dry. )
  14. vegetable oil (for frying the sesame balls.)

Instructions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

  3. Instructions for the dough:

    Peel and cut up 100 grams of potatoes and place in a pot with water to boil.
  4. When the potatoes are soft, strain the water and finely mash the potatoes.
  5. In a separate bowl, combine glutinous rice flour, rice flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and the mashed potatoes.
  6. 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.

  7. 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.
  8. Take the small dough and make a small well in the middle. This is where the mung bean filling will go.
  9. Use the small ice cream scoop to place the mung bean filling into the well.
  10. 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.
  11. Roll the ball into a bowl of sesame seeds. Continue until all the balls are coated with sesame seeds.
  12. 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.