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2-cup sweet rice flour
10 ~ 12 oz. sesame paste
¼ -cup sugar
11/2-cup water

Sesame paste is made from fried sesame seeds, sugar, oil and water. I took the easy way out and bought the already-made one from 99 Ranch Supermarket. It comes in a plastic container, sold for $2.49 for 10-oz of paste and can be found on the refrigerated deli item shelf. To make the rice ball, dissolve sugar in ½-cup water. Mix rice flour with sugar water in a big bowl. Gradually add more water to bowl and work the dough with yours hands. You will need about 1 cup of water till the dough is smooth and firm. Knead the dough some more and roll the dough into a big column with your hands. Break the dough into 4 parts. Cover the unused parts to prevent the dough from drying out. For each quarter of dough, roll it with your hands to a long column about 1 inch in diameter.  Cut the column into about fifteen 1 to 1.5 inch segments. For each segment, flatten dough in your palm to a round shape wrapper. Spoon about 1/2 tblsp sesame paste in the center of the wrapper. Close the wrapper up around the paste. Roll the stuffed dough into ball shape in between your palms. If the dough starts to flake, dab a little water onto the cracks. Make about 5-dozen stuffed rice balls. Rice balls can be stored in the freeze for up to 3 months.