Sesame ball (煎堆)- How to make perfect Jian Dui at home

Sesame ball (Jian dui / 麻团 /煎堆 / 芝麻球) is a well-known fried Chinese pastry made from glutinous rice flour. This delectable dessert is coated with sesame seeds on the outside which are crisp and chewy. It encases a sweetened filling consisting of red bean paste, peanut paste, or lotus paste. Cheese and chocolate are some more innovative filling for these same balls.
I am making the sesame balls with my favorite peanut paste filling, which happens to be the most popular variant here. This variant is widely available in street food stores and another famous snack called youtiao.
Let’s get started.
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Recipe:
(Please download the recipe and read the full details at tasteasianfood.com/sesame-ball/ )
Ingredients:
100ml hot water
40g sugar
140g glutinous rice flour
1/4 bowl of white sesame seeds
75g crushed peanuts
30g smooth peanut butter
2 tbsp honey
Method:
- Dissolve the sugar in hot water to make a syrup. Add the warm syrup to the glutinous rice flour and knead it into the dough.
- Once the dough is soft and malleable, divide it into portions of 25g each.
- Smoothen them by rolling them between your palms and covering them at all times to prevent them from drying.
- Mixed the crushed peanuts, smooth peanut butter, and honey to form the peanut paste as the filling. Divide the filling to 13g each.
- Roll a portion of the dough between your palm to make it spherical. If you find it too dry, wet one of your palms with some water before rolling it.
- Make a dent at the center of the dough, then continue pinching with your fingers to shape it like a tiny teacup.
- Place one ball of filling inside the ‘teacup.’
- Wet the edge of the dough and pinch and seal the dough. Roll it between the palms until the seam is no longer noticeable.
- Deep the dough into water, shake off the excess. Transfer into a bed of white sesame seeds in a bowl and cover the surface thoroughly.
- Press the sesame ball lightly to ensure all the sesame seeds have adhered to the surface firmly.
- Heat the oil to 120°C/250°F. Deep-fry the sesame balls for 4 minutes until they start to float to the top. Stir to avoid sticking.
- Use a slotted spoon or wire mesh strainer to press them down lightly to submerge them in the oil, for about six to eight minutes until they expand to the maximum size.
- Turn the heat to 170°C/335°F. Deep-fry another two to four minutes until they become golden.
- Place them on a paper towel to absorb the excess oil. Serve.
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[@TasteofAsianFood]

Hi, you can download the recipe and read the full article for how to make sesame ball here: tasteasianfood.com/sesame-ball/ 😀

[@pecan11]

I have looked for these for YEARS! i used to go to a chinese restaurant out west that had them on a buffet and i would simply make a meal of these!! they are THAT GOOD!! I love them and will be getting the ingredients and trying it out, bec there is nothing better than these warm and fresh!

[@starz0120]

This is my favorite snacks!

[@pecan11]

Me too!! YUM

[@pecan11]

Ok After playing around with diff temps, I have found for me that making the balls quite small definitely helps to fry them faster and I start around 300 or a bit more and then follow the remaining instructions u gave. 325 is sweet spot but I can’t get them to properly cook without making little balls and then quicker frying. I really appreciate u making this video bec I absolutely adore these things. The sweetness wo overpowering, the sesame flavor and the chewy inside while crispy outside r just up my flavor alley!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@TasteofAsianFood]

Thanks for sharing your experience. 🙏

[@ScottRedstone]

My absolute favorite dessert paired with hot tea. Better than ice cream or chocolate mousse. Gotta get some tomorrow. Will try to make them at a future time but I’m in NYC and tomorrow is Dim Sum Sunday!

[@leedonlee5050]

Thank you for the detailed recipes.

[@GolDreadLocks]

Thank you,
I love these!

[@JLawL]

These look delicious! I'm excited to try them!

[@pecan11]

Finding I have to fry on little higher temp or they won’t go hollow bec I like these wo filling and I have to make them very small to make it work

[@bekw8880]

Awesome thanku so much ☺☺🙂

[@tinaooi4057]

Nice & yummy indeed.

[@oliverjackson9008]

Great job

[@YHWH69]

In the past I used to make it,but it alwasys burst when baking.
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