Things I did today
Nov. 7th, 2023 11:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppet- Get woken up an hour before the alarm by the Saddest, Loneliest Dog in the Entire World (who had been abandoned by her Favorite Person, who had in reality only left the house for about twenty minutes to go to the polls)
- Vote!
- Go in to work on what would have been a day off to make... basically flattened sesame balls but with pumpkin mixed in the outer shell? For Passport this month
- Pick up some stir-fry ingredients at Aldi
- Buy two "ugly" sweaters at Goodwill, one of which is at least tasteful and artistic even if it's not something I'd particularly like to wear most of the time, and the other of which features Santa riding on a unicorn made of iridescent sequins
- Refill the gas tank
- Make and eat the aforementioned stir-fry
- Play a video game
The flattened sesame balls are delicious. It's basically equal parts pumpkin puree and rice flour mixed together with a dash of salt, measure out into balls, flatten them out, put a disc of about 1/2* the amount of red bean paste between two of them (with a pumpkin/rice flour "outline") and seal the shell around it, dip in or sprinkle with sesame seeds, fry briefly. I left work really wanting mochi and/or sushi, but went with stir-fry instead. Satisfied my sesame craving!
* Okay, this is hard to describe. The total shell-to-filling ratio was 4 shell to 1 filling, so the filling disc was about half the size of one shell disc. I hope that makes sense! Anyway, delicious, do want to make at home. Or at least just track down some red bean paste and make something with it. Nom!
- Vote!
- Go in to work on what would have been a day off to make... basically flattened sesame balls but with pumpkin mixed in the outer shell? For Passport this month
- Pick up some stir-fry ingredients at Aldi
- Buy two "ugly" sweaters at Goodwill, one of which is at least tasteful and artistic even if it's not something I'd particularly like to wear most of the time, and the other of which features Santa riding on a unicorn made of iridescent sequins
- Refill the gas tank
- Make and eat the aforementioned stir-fry
- Play a video game
The flattened sesame balls are delicious. It's basically equal parts pumpkin puree and rice flour mixed together with a dash of salt, measure out into balls, flatten them out, put a disc of about 1/2* the amount of red bean paste between two of them (with a pumpkin/rice flour "outline") and seal the shell around it, dip in or sprinkle with sesame seeds, fry briefly. I left work really wanting mochi and/or sushi, but went with stir-fry instead. Satisfied my sesame craving!
* Okay, this is hard to describe. The total shell-to-filling ratio was 4 shell to 1 filling, so the filling disc was about half the size of one shell disc. I hope that makes sense! Anyway, delicious, do want to make at home. Or at least just track down some red bean paste and make something with it. Nom!
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Date: 2023-11-08 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-11-09 05:36 pm (UTC)375g rice flour
200g pumpkin puree
1/4 tsp salt
For the shell, and then red bean paste as required for the filling. We used two #100 scoops for the shell, one for each side, and then half a #100 scoop of red bean paste for the filling. Sprinkle with sesame seeds (or dip in them if you like sesame), fry briefly, and boom! Delish.
Definitely possible to make into bigger "pancakes" that require more filling, as well. I'm personally hoping that there will be some leftovers that I can give a good home to 😉
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Date: 2023-11-10 03:47 am (UTC)(And yay for voting)
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Date: 2023-11-10 04:08 am (UTC)stealgive a good home when I go in for work tomorrow 👀Mmmm
Date: 2023-11-10 06:38 pm (UTC)Oh those sound outstanding!
I share your enthusiasm for red bean paste and I wondered what makes it so lovely. Equal amounts of bean and sugar much guarantees tasty! Pre GF I ate all the sweet bean buns at the dim sum place.