Ginger Juice Soft Candy (Ginger Glutinous Rice Soft Candy)

Ingredients

• 500 g ginger juice (Add water to dilute if you prefer less heat; extract using a cold-press juicer)
• 200 g brown sugar
• 270 g glutinous rice flour (For the batter)
• 105 g wheat starch
• cooking oil (For brushing the bottom and sides of the steaming dish)
• glutinous rice flour (Toast before using to prevent sticking and coat the surface of the ginger candy; toast until lightly golden and fragrant)

Steps

1. 1

   Extract the ginger juice using a cold-press juicer. If you prefer less heat, dilute the ginger juice with an appropriate amount of water first.

2. 2

   Place 500 g ginger juice and 200 g brown sugar in a saucepan. Heat while stirring until the brown sugar has completely dissolved; do not bring to a boil.

3. 3

   Set the sweetened ginger juice aside to cool. Add the flours only after it has cooled enough that it does not feel hot to the touch while stirring.

4. 4

   Combine 270 g glutinous rice flour and 105 g wheat starch. Wheat starch is also known as tang flour.

5. 5

   Add the combined flours to the cooled sweetened ginger juice and stir until smooth to make a batter.

6. 6

   Brush the bottom and sides of a steaming dish evenly with cooking oil to prevent the ginger candy from sticking.

7. 7

   Strain the batter into the steaming dish to make it smoother.

8. 8

   Once the water in the pot has come to a boil, place the steaming dish inside. Steam over high heat for about half an hour, until the ginger candy is set and cooked through.

9. 9

   While the ginger candy is steaming, place the glutinous rice flour for preventing sticking and coating in a pan. Toast it until lightly golden and fragrant, indicating that it is cooked. Set aside to cool.

10. 10

    After the ginger candy has finished steaming, let it cool before unmolding. Sprinkle with an appropriate amount of toasted glutinous rice flour while unmolding to prevent sticking to your hands.

11. 11

    Cut the unmolded ginger candy into pieces of your preferred size.

12. 12

    Coat the ginger candy pieces thoroughly with toasted glutinous rice flour, then shake off the excess before serving.

Notes

The source does not specify the exact size of the steaming dish, the amount of glutinous rice flour to toast, or the time required for the ginger candy to cool completely. Do not bring the brown sugar and ginger juice to a boil; cool until no longer hot to the touch before adding the flours.

Nutrition per serving

• dessert
• snack
• steamed
• glutinous-rice
• ginger
• chewy
• vegetarian