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glutinous/sticky rice (ball) replacement?

slaxxfb

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i'm looking to make a local (Filipino) dessert called "ginataang bilo-bilo". basically it's a warm dessert stew with cubed tubers like sweet potato and purple yam, then tapioca pearls, jackfruit pieces, bilo-bilo (sticky rice balls, kinda like japanese mochi, but more chewy than sticky, and no sugar added), and a base of coconut milk. it's normally a high-carb dessert, but for us it will be sub sugar for the milk base and maybe less tubers than normal.
i do want to find a good replacement for the sticky rice balls though (it's high-carb, uses rice flour + water). maybe i can get some suggestions? i'll have to pick though if it'll fit the dish lol, but anything of the same consistency would be considered. thanks!
 
Could you play about with konjac (shiritaki) rice? Its not naturally sticky but I would think adding some psyllium or Glucommanon ( Konjac) powder might give the texture - I don't know, but doubt you could use either of those alone to replace the rice flour. As long as you rinse the Konjac rice for a couple of minutes prior to use, its tasteless and could act as a low carb vehicle for carrying flavours of the dish. Tapioca flour is another option
 
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@Boo1979 thanks for the those suggestions! i have encountered shirataki noodles but didn't know there's also a rice version :O maybe i could mix it with tapioca flour, half of both, hmm. this is interesting. thank you!
 
Please try psyllium husk powder.. Ive seen low carb mochi recipe using this. I use this to substitute corn starch. It works well to make batter thick and sticky. Good luck
 
thank you @michita! i will research about psyllium husk powder. have seen it in a healthy options shop but haven't tried yet. thanks again
 
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