Muah Chee (from white glutinous rice flour). Both 'muah chee and mochi are made using glutinous rice flour but 'muah chee' uses long grain glutinous rice flour while mochi uses short grain When I was younger, the glutinous rice snack that was sold were plain but these days, there are so many different flavours such as pandan, mango. Muah chee uses long grain glutinous rice flour while Mochi uses short grain glutinous rice flour. The latter is much more stickier and starchier than long grain glutinous rice.
What does home-made muah chee (glutinous rice balls) have that store-bought ones don't?
I am not a big fan of dishes involving batter or dough because it's hard to work out a flour-to-water ratio that produces good results.
But I find muah chee to be a snack in a class of its own that is worth pursuing.
You can cook Muah Chee (from white glutinous rice flour) using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Muah Chee (from white glutinous rice flour)
- Prepare 120 gr of white glutinous rice flour.
- You need 180 ml of water/milk.
- It's 1 tsp of sugar.
- You need 2 tsp of sesame oil.
- You need Pinch of salt.
Muah Chee is a Southern Chinese (Fujianese) dessert that is the stuff of childhood memories. This mochi is covered in soy bean flour (kinako) and drizzled with dark syrup (kuromitsu) in place of The last time I had Muah Chee was when I visited Penang some years back. It is one of the many things I. Muah Chee 麻糍 is originated in Southern China.
Muah Chee (from white glutinous rice flour) instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in heat-proof bowl. Steam in high heat for 15 minutes. You also can air-fry but the result will be drier.
- Once the mixture is cooked or hardened, using spatula, mix again until sesame oil is absorbed. Cut in the desire size (bite size) using scissors ✂️.
- Coat with ground roasted peanut (store-bought) and sugar.
It is a steamed sticky dough basically made of glutinous flour, cut in small pieces and coated with I will definitely be making this again because the chewy of the glutinous rice flour together with the crunchy toasted peanuts make this Muah Chee 麻. For the muah chee dough, sift the glutinous rice flour, caster sugar, and salt into a bowl. Transfer the muah chee mixture onto a small but deep microwave-safe tray. (Glass, ceramic, or Pyrex all work well.) Cover the tray with a lid or plastic wrap, and heat in a microwave one minute at a time, stirring. Muah Chee or Glutinous Rice Snack With Peanut & Sugar is a popular Chinese snack. The traditional method for this recipe is to steam the rice flour batter and then kneading them until you have an elastic dough.
