Finally some time for Myself
My son wasn’t feeling cheerful lately, not sure is because of the new schedule where my husband need to work more recently and he was trying to readapt to the self play time. Somehow today he gets the idea that he needs to find something to entertain himself. But frankly speaking, my guilt was to the max, every time when he come to ask to play with him but I just couldn’t and avoiding some times for myself. Not sure when will the mother’s guilt feeling going last but so far I’m trying to stay positive as much as I can and it is eating me alive slowly.
I found something lately in Zilina, an Asian grocery store! Is like a shopping spree for me but when I tried to convert the currency, I just couldn’t buy it. Still, my craving was greater, I bought my childhood favourite dessert recipe, glutinous rice ball soup. I remembered I love it so much, that I made it so frequently and even draw out the recipe and how to cook it! Unfortunately the shop didn’t sell pandan leaves. It will make the soup taste even better with it. Anyway, just in case you are wondering how it looks like, I’ve taken some photos of how I made it and the end result. Bon appetite!
Just add with some warm water little by little to get the consistency where it stop sticking on your fingers or bowl.
Usually the recipe is using peanuts but I don’t have it with me at the moment and decided to use whatever nuts I can get. I’m using hazelnuts, walnuts and cashews. Blend it with some sugar and a little bit of salt.
I add with a little sugar syrup and rolled the nuts into balls. Put it in the fridge for a day or perhaps till it is solid to hold for easier to roll with the glutinous rice flour later.
The colours here wasn’t that great. This was my first batch when I got really excited to try it out with the powdery nuts! Not a good idea, still able to roll it but the nuts was everywhere! Didn’t take the recent more successful flour photo, just to show you here how it looks like and the consistency and texture of the flour. Traditionally we had it with white, red and green. But I bought the food colouring last time for my cupcake and decided not to waste it. So, blue and green this time.
Boils it with sugar, ginger and I add goji berries. This was the first batch photo where I was too eager to try it, which was just plain sugar and water. Remember, it will stick on the bottom of the pot, so try to stir it from time to time. When it started to float, it means it is ready to be be eaten. But keep it boiling for a while longer if you made a bigger ball.
Voila, this is how it looks like!
Bon appetite!