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Ran into my Vietnamese Chinese neighbor, who reminded me not to forget to eat our winter balls
I bring water and brown sugar to a rolling boil, add pandan leaves and ginger, then the rice balls. When they float, they’re done.
By using gula Melaka or gula Jawa and pandan leaves I can make it taste more SE Asian rather than East Asian.
I guess I could add turmeric to make it taste like Indonesian wedang ronde
@skinnylatte wait, are you saying you can turn mochi into wedang ronde?
@timkenhan wedang ronde is just the Javanese take on the same thing? You can make it yourself with mochi flour if you like or just jazz up the ‘soup’ with more spices
@skinnylatte true that, tho I'm not sure my Javanese friends would as easily accept this fact
@timkenhan you can spend more time making the soup taste the same, the balls you can get plain ones. When abroad, you have to substitute with the closest available thing and often from another culture :)