About the Recipe
My grandma always called this dodo ball soup (I'm not sure if it's just us). This soup is typically eaten at celebratory occasions such as Chinese New Year or before Christmas. The stickiness of the rice balls represents how families stick together. This soup can also be made in a sweet form where the balls are filled with sweet paste like black sesame.
Ingredients
There are no set quantities for these ingredients (just like how grandma makes it), make the soup how you like and make the dodo balls according to the description and pictures.
Sweet rice flour
Warm water
Any vegetables - turnip, nappa cabbage, carrots, Chinese mushrooms
Any meat - lap cheong (Chinese preserved sausage), pork, seafood
Marinade for meat - Maggi Sauce, salt, pepper, sugar
Chicken stock
Steps
1. Mix rice flour with a tiny bit of warm water at a time, you just want it to come together as a dough. Then roll into 1-2 inch spheres
2. Chop all vegetables and meat to small strips. Marinade any raw meat.
3. Cook dodo balls in boiling water, about 5 minutes just until they float. Then strain and rinse with cold water.
4. Boil chicken stock and water, then add vegetables, bring to boil, then add meat, bring to boil, then add dodo balls.
5. Season to taste, once it boils again, it's done! Serve with other toppings such as char siu (BBQ pork) and hot sauce.
