Eating both chives and carrots are beneficial to health according to Medical News Today as both are high in vitamins and antioxidants which can help to reduce the risks of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Chives have an onion-like flavour and I like to sprinkle them raw on top of my Bihun Siam or make omelette with them or just add them into my Stir-fried Bean Sprouts. Likewise, I like to julienne carrots and add them to my Fried Bihun or my Stir-fried Bean Spouts besides cooking them with other vegetables like cauliflower and broccoli or juicing them.
My husband found the Steamed Chives and Carrot Balls recipe in one of the Chinese websites. These balls are easy to make and are tasty when eaten with the accompanying sauce.
Ingredients:
- 100 g chives
- 100 g carrot
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp white pepper powder
- 3 tbsp corn flour
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 4 cloves garlic
- 5 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- Cooking oil
Method:
- Wash and cut the chives into short (0.5 cm) pieces. Put them into a mixing bowl.
- Wash and peel the carrot. Chop it up into tiny pieces. Add them to the chives in the mixing bowl.
- Break 2 eggs into the bowl. Mix them up with the chives and carrot.
- Add the white pepper powder into the mixture. Stir to mix well.
- Add corn flour and all-purpose flour into the mixture. Mix well.
- Take a tablespoon of the mixture and roll them into a ball (bite size) using your palms. Add more corn flour if the mixture cannot be rolled into a ball.
- Grease a steaming plate with cooking oil.
- Place the ball onto the plate.
- Repeat until all the mixture has been rolled into balls.
- Heat up a steamer with water. Once the water has boiled, place the plate into the steamer and steam the balls at high heat for about 15-20 minutes.
- Remove once the balls are cooked.
- Prepare the sauce.
- Chop up the garlic and put them into a dipping dish.
- Add the light soy sauce to the garlic.
- Add the chili flakes to the garlic and soy sauce. Stir.
- You can either spoon the sauce onto the top of each chives carrot ball or you may serve the balls separately with the sauce in the dipping dish.