Recipe: Perfect Wedang Ronde (Glutinous Rice Balls in Ginger Syrup)

Wedang Ronde (Glutinous Rice Balls in Ginger Syrup). Place glutinous rice flour in a mixing bowl. Pour water in batches and knead with your hands until the dough come together into a play dough like consistency. This wedang ronde glutinous rice ball recipe looks so comforting and is sure to warm up anyone on a cold day.

This drink is Indonesian version from Chinese traditional drink tang yuan. Wedang in Javanese languange means warm drink and ronde is glutinuos rice balls which usually contain crushed roasted peanut and sugar. My today post is Indonesian glutinous dumpling balls in ginger sugar syrup or Wedang Ronde. You can cook Wedang Ronde (Glutinous Rice Balls in Ginger Syrup) using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Wedang Ronde (Glutinous Rice Balls in Ginger Syrup)

1. Prepare of Rice Balls.
2. Prepare 125 g of glutinous rice flour.
3. It's 1 Tbsp of rice flour.
4. Prepare 130 ml of water.
5. You need of Some food coloring.
6. You need of Filling.
7. You need 50 g of ground nut.
8. Prepare 40 g of palm sugar.
9. It's 1 Tsp of water.
10. Prepare of Ginger Syrup.
11. You need 500 ml of water.
12. Prepare 30 g of ginger.
13. Prepare 2 of pandan leaves (knotted).
14. Prepare 3 Tbsp of sugar.
15. You need 50 g of palm sugar.
16. It's of Topping.
17. It's of Roasted ground nut.

Generally they open their stalls only at night or start afternoon. Soft and chewy glutinous rice dumplings or Tang Yuan served in sweet ginger broth is made using only natural colors. You only need glutinous rice flour, water, and food coloring (if you choose to use). In a separate mixing bowl, place the glutinous flour and slowly pour in the water while kneading the flour.

Wedang Ronde (Glutinous Rice Balls in Ginger Syrup) step by step

1. Prepare ingredients for filling. Roast peanut on the pan for about 7 minutes with low heat. Wait until it is a bit cold, then peel the skin. Toss roasted peanut, palm sugar and water into food processor. I don't make it into paste, because I like the texture of peanut crumbs. Set aside..
2. Prepare ingredients for rice ball. Roast glutinous rice flour in the pan for 5 minutes in low heat. I roast the flour in order to remove the taste of glutinous rice flour on rice ball..
3. Mix glutinous rice flour, rice flour and water. Add water little by little and mix it with spatula or knead with your hand. Stop giving the water if the dough able to be shaped..
4. Devide dough into 5 (You could skip this process if you want to make it colorless) and give it food coloring. I devided dough to 30 balls in total, 8 grams each or 1 Tsp..
5. Make dough into ball with your hand and press it to ~2mm thick and put 1/4 tsp filling on the dough. Wrap the filling and shape the dough into ball again. Do it until no dough left..
6. Heat water and bring it to boil. Put rice ball into boiling water and boil it until the ball float into the surface. Once it floats (cooked), take it out and put it on cold water. This process prevent balls stick to each other..
7. Prepare ingredients for Ginger Syrup. Roast the ginger and bruised it. You can add more ginger for the strong spiciness of ginger if you like it..
8. Put water, sugar, palm sugar, pandan leaf and ginger into saucepan. Boil it for 7 minutes. Put rice balls on the bowl and pour ginger syrup. Serve while it hot/warm..
9. Wedang Ronde is ready to serve with roasted nut sprinkle ✨.

Continue to pour the water until the dough has a started to take a play dough like consistency. Wedang ronde is Indonesian version of tang yuan (汤圆). While the Chinese traditionally prepare tang yuan during winter solstice, Indonesian simply make this on a whim, though wedang ronde is best enjoyed in rainy seasons when the temperature dips. Wedang ronde is commonly stuffed with ground. Wedang Ronde (or often abbreviated to just "round") is a traditional drink native of Java, in addition to herbs and dawet.