Golden Drops (Thong-Yot)

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Ingredients :

5 cups sugar
5 cups jasmine scented water
20 eggs
1 cup rice flour

How To Make :

1. Mix the sugar and the water, heat to dissolve, strain, return to the heat until boiling. Remove 1 cup of the syrup to be used later for soaking the thong-yot.

2. Return the remaining syrup to the heat. When it begins to thicken, remove from the heat.

3. Break the eggs. Separate yolks from whites, carefully remove all membrane from the yolks, then beat until a lot of froth has formed. Divide the beaten eggs into 3 portions.

4. Mix 1 potion of egg with one per three cup of flour in a separate bowl and beat vigorously.

5. Heat the syrup to a strong boil. With thumb, index and middle finger, grasp some batter, lift with sweeping motion across rim of the bowl, the release smartly into the boiling syrup, continuing until the pan is filled with thong-yot. When done, remove with large spoon and transfer to the syrup bowl for soaking. Continue with the second and third batch of golden drops separately by repeating steps 4 and 5.

(Source : Sisamon Kongpan)