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Sesame Seed Balls Recipe
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One of Sri Lanka's best-known local candies. They are
sold on the road to Kandy, the ancient hill capital and favorite tourist
resort, by village belles who also offer young coconuts for drinking. Ingredients : |
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2
cups
500 g
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Sesame
seeds
Palm sugar
Generous pinch of salt, to taste
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Method :
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In a mortar
and pestle pound the sesame, a little at a time, until the seeds are
crushed and oily.
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As each batch
is done, turn it into a bowl.
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Grate the
palm sugar and add to the sesame with the salt.
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Mix well with
hands.
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The heat of
the hands and vigorous kneading slightly melts the palm sugar, and after
a while the mixture will hold together.
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Make balls
the size of a large marble.
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These are
wrapped in rectangular pieces of wax or greaseproof paper fringed at the
ends.
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The paper is
twisted on either side of the thala guli so each one looks like a
miniature Christmas cracker.
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Serve at the
end of a curry meal, or as a between meal treat.
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