
Samsek Gyeongdan (Three-Color Sweet Rice Balls)
These glutinous rice balls are chewy and springy, with mugwort and prickly pear adding herbal depth and a gentle fruity tang.
Instructions
- 1
Mix glutinous rice flour and salt, then add hot water gradually to form a soft dough.
- 2
Divide dough into three; keep one plain, mix mugwort powder into one and prickly pear powder into the other.
- 3
Roll each dough into 2 cm balls and drop into boiling water.
- 4
Once balls float, cook 1 more minute, transfer to cold water, then drain well.
- 5
Mix sugar into soybean and black sesame powders, coat the balls, then lightly brush with sesame oil.
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