Red Bean Dessert With Glutinous Rice Balls

Ingredients
300 g red beans
1/2 cup glutinous rice flour
2 Tbsp cornflour
225 g rock sugar
1/2 orange

Thickening (Mix together)
1 Tbsp water chestnut powder*
1/2 cup water

Method
1. Wash red beans and soak in 2 cups of water for 2 hours.
2. Mix glutinous rice flour and cornflour. Add 1/2 cup water and knead into small balls. Put into a pot of boiling water and cook until rice balls float. Remove and set aside.
3. Cook red beans in 6 cups of water. Add the orange when water comes to a boil. Lower heat and simmer until red beans become tender. Add rock sugar and cook until it has dissolved. Put in rice balls and bring to the boil again. Stir in the thickening mixture. Serve hot.

* Substitute with cornstarch if unavailable.