About this dish
A translucent, chewy rice flour ball filled with seasoned pork, steamed and topped with a savory sauce.
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Ingredients
🌾1 cup sweet potato starch
🥩300g pork, diced
🍄1/4 cup mushrooms, chopped
🍶Sweet and savory sauce, for topping
Method
Serves 31
Mix sweet potato starch with hot water into a translucent dough.2
Cook the diced pork with mushrooms and seasoning for the filling.3
Spread a layer of dough in a small bowl, add filling, and cover with more dough.4
Steam until the dough turns translucent, about 20-25 minutes.5
Top with sweet and savory sauce before serving.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Taiwanese meatballs (ba-wan) have a distinctive chewy, translucent skin made from sweet potato or rice starch, unlike Western meatballs.
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