How To Make Buchi/Sesame Seed Balls

Buchi/Sesame Seed Balls

I enjoyed making these Sesame Seed Balls or better known in the Philippines as Buchi at home because it was fun, I had all the ingredients available in my kitchen, filling and shaping them into perfect balls made it more fun. 

I enjoyed the frying part also because I had to turn each ball around with wooden chopsticks to make them in perfect round shapes when they are done. I really enjoyed it. 

These delicious snacks are found in many Chinese restaurants like the popular Chowking who usually serve them as dessert during parties or even in the popular packaged menus like their Lauriat plate. Of course there are other choices of after meal sweets such as Almond Jelly, Halo-halo and Fresh Fruits in Season but the Sesame Seed Balls are the most popular choices.  

Try them as I have done following a tested recipe here and enjoy it too, as I did. 

Sweet Red Bean Paste Inside A Buchi/Sesame Seed Ball

Ingredients:

2 cups glutinous rice powder, 200 grams

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup sweet potato flour + 1/2 cup boiling water

1/2 cup white sugar + 1/2 cup boiling water

1 Tbsp vegetable oil

1/2 cup white sesame seeds

Cooking oil for frying

Procedure:

• Dissolve sugar in boiling water. 
• Mix sweet potato flour in boiling water until pasty. 
• Put the glutinous rice powder in a mixing bowl. 
• Add the baking powder and whisk to mix. 
• To the bowl add the dissolved sugar syrup and mix to form a dough. 
• Add to the dough the sweet potato flour mixture and mix to form a soft dough. 
• Start to knead the dough until it becomes smooth and pliable. 
• Divide the dough into equal 12 portions and form into balls. 
• Fill each ball with the sweet red bean paste and form it into a smooth ball. 
• Roll each ball into a bowl of white sesame seeds until it is covered evenly.
• Maintain the round shapes of every ball you make for presentation.
• Heat enough oil in a frying pan and start frying the sesame balls. Lower the flame when the oil starts boiling. 
• Using a wooden chopstick try turning each sesame seed ball while frying it to golden brown for 10 to 15 minutes. 
• When golden remove the balls from the hot oil and transfer them to a paper towel lined plates to absorb excess oil. 
• Finish frying the second batch and do the same as the first batch.  
• Serve. 

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Jumbo Buchi/Sesame Seed Balls

Red Bean Paste

1 cup red beans, soaked in water overnight

1/2 cup white sugar

1 Tbsp butter

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Procedure:

• Boil the soaked red beans in enough water to cover for a minute then throw the water and replace with a new amount and bring to boil until soft for 45 minutes  up to 1 hour. Drain. 
• Mash the soft beans and pass through a sieve to remove the skins. Discard the skins.
• Mix the beans puree with sugar, add the butter and vanilla. 
• Cook the mixture in a non stick pan mixing all the time until the mixture is thick and pasty and leaving the sides of the pan. 
• Cool and divide into 12 portions and form into 1 inch balls. 
• Use these sweet red bean paste to fill the sesame seed balls. 

A Plate Of Jumbo Buchi/Sesame Seed Balls