Peanut Coated Pumpkin Mochi 南瓜麻薯

Serving: 4 persons

Ingredients:

100g mashed pumpkin purée 

110~115g glutinous rice flour

30g peanut powder

20g fine sugar

Directions:

1. Take about 120g of peeled raw pumpkin. Steam the pumpkin chunks in a rice cooker. Simply pour 100ml of water into the rice cooker pot, and place the raw pumpkin chunks in a heat resistant bowl. Close the lid and start the rice cooking process by pressing the 'Quick' mode.

2. When the pumpkin is cooked, use a spoon or fork to mash it into purée. 

3. In a mixing bowl, combine the hot pumpkin purée and glutinous rice powder into a soft pliable dough.

4. Start boiling a pot of water to blanch the pumpkin doughs.

5. Take a teaspoonful of dough and roll it into a ball. Before dropping the dough ball into the boiling water, compress the two ends slightly using your thumb and index finger. 

6. Remember to stir the pumpkin dough in the hot water to avoid them sticking to the base of the pot.

When the pumpkin doughs are cooked, they will float to the water surface.

7. Scoop out the pumpkin doughs and place them on a plate to dry up a bit.

8. When the pumpkin doughs have been dried partially, toss them in the peanut powder sugar to coat them. 

Serve warm or cold :)