Thai Coconut Ball (ka Nom Tom)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups glutinous-rice flour, 2 cups
• 1/2 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup
• 1 -2 cup sugar, 1-2 cups
• pandan extract (optional)
• 1/2 cup warm water, 1/2 cup
• 2 cups brown sugar, 2 cups
• 2 cups shredded coconut, 2 cups

Recipe

• 1 first mix glutinous-rice, rice flour and sugar together and gradually add warm water until the mixture starts making a dough.
• 2 keep mixing the dough and add some pandan extract until the color is homogeneous. leave the dough at room temperature for 10 minutes.
• 3 then make a stuffing by melting brown sugar in the sauce pan and add 1 cup of coconut.
• 4 lower the heat and keep stirring the mixture until the mixture start to be sticky. let it cool down or put in the fridge.
• 5 make a small ball of coconut stuffing about hazel nut size.
• 6 cover the stuffing with dough.
• 7 boil water in the pot until it boils.
• 8 put the prepared coconut balls into the water and boil until they float.
• 9 take them out of the boiling water and rest on the sieve to remove excess water.
• 10 put the boiled coconut ball into a cup of shredded coconut to coat the ball.
• 11 serve them warm.