Pearl lotus root meatballs

Pork 200g	Lotus root 100g
Glutinous rice 60g	Salt 2g
Scallions 1 root	Corn Appropriate amount

How to make pearl lotus root balls

Step 1

Put the glutinous rice into water and soak it for more than 4 hours in advance. If you have enough time, you can soak it the night before. Fully soaking can make the rice grains soft and easy to steam.

Step 2

Pork mince. Try to choose front leg meat that is fat and thin. If it is too thin, it will not be smooth enough, and if it is too fat, it will taste greasy. Or you can use lean meat with shrimp or fish, which can also produce a less-fried effect.

Step 3

Cut onions into flowers. Green onions can remove the fishy smell from meat and can be replaced with ginger or onions.

Step 4

Peel the lotus root. There is no requirement for the variety of lotus root in this steamed dish. Pink lotus root and crispy lotus root can be used, and the flavor is slightly different.

Step 5

Grate finely with a grater. If you don’t have a grater, use a knife to chop as much as possible.

Step 6

Mix with minced meat.

Step 7

Add chopped green onion and salt. For older babies, you can add a little cooking wine to remove the fishy smell. If you don’t like chopped green onion, you can replace it with minced ginger, or you can omit it at all, but you can’t omit the cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.

Step 8

Stir clockwise until stiff. You can add a little water or an egg while stirring vigorously. If the water is sufficient, the meat will become sticky, so the meatballs will not fall apart easily and the taste will be strong.

Step 9

Drain the soaked glutinous rice and set aside. The soaked glutinous rice should be drained in advance to minimize the impact of moisture.

Step 10

Take appropriate amount of minced meat and form into balls.

Step 11

Roll a few times in the pile of glutinous rice to make the surface of the meatballs covered with glutinous rice.

Step 12

Place in a steamer basket and garnish with corn kernels.

Step 13

Bring to a boil over high heat, turn to medium heat and steam for 35 minutes.

Step 14

It smells so good~

Step 15

It’s time to start~~ Recipe for cooking pearl lotus root balls