Then drain them, and then add oil to mix them, so they will not stick together. Then when it float, scoop it up then put it into a pot of cold water for a while, this is to get rid of the starch in the cooked yam.ġ0. Boil water once you see bubbles, put in the yam ball into the water.ĩ. Once the 2nd portion of the yam had been completed.Ĩ. Do the 2nd portion of the yam, same as method 4.ħ. Once you have finished the 1st portion, put all on the plate & cover it.Ħ. Note: If your palm too dry, damp your hands then you can start to roll the ballĥ. 1st portion of yam, take out a small portion then roll it like a ball (just like tang yuan), then you use your thumb to slightly press in the center, it will look like abacus seed. Divide the yam into 2 portions, cover the 2nd portion of the yam while you use the 1st portion of yam. Mash it while it still hot, add in tapioca flour & ¼ tsp salt to knead until it not sticky.ģ. The yam will be soft, ready for mashingĢ. Cut the yam into pieces and steam for ½ an hour. Oh in my suan pan zi you won’t able to see any mushroom cause I forget to buy mushroom!!ĥ0 gm dried cuttlefish (soak & cut into strips)Ĩ pieces of dried mushroom (soak & cut strips)ġ stalk of parsley (cut out the leave then soak in a bowl of water)ġ stalk of spring onion (cut into small pieces)ġ. In fact I had make the Yam Beads too big and it look like I got more ingredients than the yam beads. It my fault recipe asks for slice meat but I used minced meat and the dried shrimps should be roughly chopped but I put it into a grinder and finely grind!! Okay let talks about the 'look' of the suan pan zi. Especially the yam balls I loves the texture very much very chewy it has a strong flavor of yam.

Using Jingle’ recipe although they don’t looks appetizing but they are very tasty.

Don’t have to spend $3.00 for 1 small portion of abacus beads anymore. Which I thought very difficult to make, but I was wrong they are so simple to make. I always wanted to make Abacus Beads (Suan Pan Zi).

Recipe abacus beads