Sesame Honey Rice Balls Recipe

Prep & Cooking: 30 mts

Cuisine: Indo-Chinese

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Ingredients:

1 cup rice, cooked

3 spring onion whites, finely chopped

1 cup chopped vegetables (carrot, beans, capsicum)

1-2 green chilli finely chopped

3 garlic cloves,crushed

1 1/2 tbsps coriander leaves, chopped

1 tsp soy sauce

black pepper pwd to taste

2 1/2 -3 tbsps corn flour

2 tbsps honey

sesame seeds for coating

salt to taste

oil for deep frying

1/2 tbsp oil

For flour batter:

2 tbsps flour/maida

pinch of salt

water to make thin batter

Method:

Heat oil in a vessel, add spring onion whites, crushed garlic and green chilies and saute for 3 mts. Add the chopped vegetables and saute for 5 mts. Add salt, pepper pwd and soy sauce and mix. Turn off heat and cool.
2 Mix cooked rice, chopped coriander leaves and the cooked vegetables. Add corn flour and honey and mix. Prepare small lemon sized balls and refrigerate for 15 mts.
3 In a small bowl, make a thin batter for flour, water and salt. Dip each ball into the flour mixture and roll in the sesame seeds and keep aside.
4 Heat oil for deep frying in a heavy bottomed vessel. Once it piping hot, reduce flame and place the balls into the hot oil and deep fry on medium flame to high flame till they turn golden brown. Remove onto absorbent paper and then place them on a baking sheet and place in warm oven till you serve them. This will ensure they are crisp and fresher tasting.
5 Serve hot with tomato sauce.