Steamed Pumpkin (Mochi with Twist)

Name: Steamed Pumpkin (Mochi with Twist)
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 10-12 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups rice flour; 3/4 cup pumpkin puree; 3/4 cup jaggery crush; as per taste Salt; 10-12 tsp mixed fruit jam; 10-12 cloves

Ashwini Shaha @cook2020

Bangalore

This pumpkin mochi are a great dim sum treat in Shanghai cuisine.
So delicate, chewy and soft; filled with fruit jam and steamed in idly steamer.and also healthy food.
#tastytwist
#techniqueweek

Ashwini Shaha @cook2020

Bangalore

This pumpkin mochi are a great dim sum treat in Shanghai cuisine.
So delicate, chewy and soft; filled with fruit jam and steamed in idly steamer.and also healthy food.
#tastytwist
#techniqueweek

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Ingredients

35 mins

10-12 servings

2 cupsrice flour
3/4 cuppumpkin puree
3/4 cupjaggery crush
as per taste Salt
10-12 tspmixed fruit jam
10-12cloves

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Steps

35 mins

1

Pumpkin puree preparation: Take small pumpkin and remove it's skin. Chop pumpkin into big chunks, keep them in cold water until all are ready. Drain all the water and place them on steaming plate. Steam for 15-20 minutes or until soft and then mash them into medium texture paste.
2

Take all the ingredients except jam and cloves, into a bowl and mix thoroughly. The dough should be sticky, but if you touch it, it should not stick to your hands. Add more rice flour, if needed until the dough comes together and doesn’t stick to your hands. Keep the dough aside for 10-15 mins.
3

Take small chunks of dough and roll them to form balls.
4

Take each ball and using finger press it down to make small cavity. Now place 1 tsp jam inside this and then bring it to shape of Modak.Repeat this process for all balls.
5

Now place all these balls on a steamer, about 1 inch apart. The balls will not really expand when steamed, so use portions similar to what you want your serving size to be.
6

Using a sharp knife, draw indents into the balls, so that they resemble pumpkins. I found that the best technique was to start at the bottom of the dough and slice upward and curved at an angle. Place a clove on the top of each of these mini pumpkin 🎃 so that it looks like it's stem / handle.
7

Steam for approximately 10- 15 minutes. Make sure a cover is put over the steamer while steaming in progress.
8

Afterwards open the lid and the mini pumpkins cool completely. When they completely cooled, they should be easy to pick up to serve.