Daily Archives: Sunday, February 21, 2010

Today is the big family Chinese New Year dinner and our contribution is, as usual, dessert.  I’ve had an inkling to go back to my roots and decided to make some traditional and “fusion” Chinese desserts. One of several experiments was traditional sesame balls, or phonetically, “jien duy”.  These are made of glutinous rice flour and filled with red bean or lotus seed paste, then covered with sesame seeds and deep fried to be puffy, sticky and crispy goodness. This … Continue reading →