SWEET DIM SUM: Hope this delicious pudding will be well-worth the efforts put into making it at home.

BLACK SESAME PUDDING 芝麻糕:

 

 

 

 

1 ½ oz. black sesame seeds                                        

1 cup sugar

3 ½ cups water                                                

7 oz. rice flour

2 oz. water-chestnut flour                                           

½ tbsp. oil

 

 

 

Rinse and dry sesame seeds thoroughly. Toast in a dry saucepan over low heat until golden brown; then add into blender together with ¾ cup water. Blend until smooth. Strain into a bowl.

 

In a small saucepan, bring ¾ cup water to a boil and add sugar. Cook over low heat for 1-2 minutes, stirring well to dissolve sugar.

 

Sift rice flour and water-chestnut flour together into a bowl. Add in 2 cups water gradually, stirring well to mix into a batter. Strain batter and then add in the oil. Add sugar solution and sesame mixture into batter, stirring well to mix. Divide batter into 9 portions and put each portion into a separate bowl.

 

Grease an 8-inch square pan. Stir well one portion of batter and pour it into bottom of pan. Place pan in a bamboo steamer fitted over a large pot of boiling water. Cover steamer and cook 3 minutes or until set. Remove lid of steamer, stir and pour in a 2^nd portion of batter and steam for 3 minutes. Repeat this procedure until all the batter is used up. Cover steamer and cook pudding for 20 minutes more.

 

Remove from heat. Cool and un-mould pudding. Cut into pieces to serve.