Peanut Dumplings in Almond Soup

Name: Peanut Dumplings in Almond Soup (Hsing jen fen pao t’ang)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ⅔ cup peanuts (stir fried); ⅔ cup peanuts (stir fried); ⅛ teaspoon food coloring (Red); ⅛ teaspoon food coloring (Red); 3 tablespoons milk; 6 cups hot water; 1 cup lotus seed starch or glutinous rice powder; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 4 tablespoons sugar; ½ cup sugar; 2 tablespoons white sesame seeds; 1 cup lotus seed starch or glutinous rice powder; ½ cup lard

Hsing jen fen pao t’ang

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

⅔ cup peanuts (stir fried)
2 tablespoons white sesame seeds

Asia
Taiwan
Fukien
Soup
Gluten-free

Method

Crush peanuts into a powder, mix with stir fried sesame seeds, sugar and lard. Knead into dough, then divide the dough into 30 small balls.
Put the lotus seed starch on a large round tray, and mix with red food coloring.
Put peanut balls in a strainer, dip in water and remove quickly. Place them on the tray, tilting tray back and forth to cover the ba