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Minced Pork Glutinous Rice Balls

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Ingredients:
*250gms glutinous rice flour
*250gms minced pork
*250gms lean pork
*1 small jicama (yam bean/sengkuang)
*1 carrot
*1 stalk Chinese celery
*4 pips garlic (chopped)
*2 tbsp oyster sauce
*3 tbsp sesame oil
*2 tbsp light soy sauce
*2 tbsp corn starch
*1/2 tbsp salt
*Some pepper
*3 liter water

Garnish:
*Fried garlic oil
*Chopped Chinese celery

OPTIONAL:
*Pork Liver
*Pork Kidney
*Pork Intestine

Methods:
01. Heat up the wok. Add in 3 tablespoon of oil and sauté the chopped garlic until golden brown. Scoop and leave aside to cool.

02. Put the minced meat into a mixing bowl. Add in some pepper, 2 tablespoon each of chopped Chinese celery, chopped carrot, sesame oil, light soy sauce, corn/tapioca starch, and one tablespoon each of oyster sauce and fried garlic. Mix evenly.

03. Oil a metal plate and lay the rolled meat balls and steam for 5 minutes. Leave aside to cool.

04. Cut the remaining carrot, jicama and lean pork into slices.

05. Bring 3 liter pot of water to boil. Add in Item 4.

06. Add in 1/2 tablespoon salt, some pepper, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce and sesame oil and boil until left 2/3 pot.

07. Fold in some water, pinch of salt into the glutinous rice flour until dough like. (Note: sprinkle some more water if it’s too dry or lay the dough onto a towel if it’s too wet)

08. Take some dough and roll into a ball. Flatten it with your palm and fill it with a meat ball. Slowly roll it back into a ball. Repeat the same step until you used up all the dough. (Note: Lay a tray and place a towel on it. Place the rolled glutinous rice balls on it)

09. Bring a pot of water to boil and slowly put in all the glutinous rice balls. Cooked glutinous rice ball will float up.

10. Put whatever quantity of cooked glutinous rice balls into a bowl and scoop some soup onto it.

11. Garnish with some fried garlic oil and chopped Chinese celery.

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