Here’s a Forking Unique recipe that everyone will like. The inside is creamy, lightly sweetened, almost saucy rice with pleasing familiar flavors. The exterior is crispy and very tasty. Serve them warm from the oven. It comes out like a baked rice pudding in a crispy shell. You’ll get yummmmmmm….”what’s that flavor?’ from your tasters. A secret small piece of banana melts into the middle with the coconut milk, malt and rice. It just works together well.

Ingredients to make 21 servings (one ball is a serving…it’s a just right generous bite)

1 cup white rice

1 13.5 oz. can light coconut milk

1/4 cup water

7 Tablespoons carnation malted milk powder

1 Tablespoon butter

1/4 cup white sugar

2 Tablespoons malt flour (purchase malt flour online or from Asian Market)

1 extra large egg beaten

1 cup whole wheat panko

1/4 cup carnation malted milk powder

1 banana

Non stick Spray for baking sheet(s)

Directions set oven to 400 degrees F

In a large sauce pan bring to boil your coconut milk, water, 7 Tablespoons malted milk powder and  butter. When it boils then add the rice and then turn it down to simmer and cover with foil for about 20 minutes or till the rice is cooked.

Take off burner and add sugar, malt flour, and the beaten egg and mix well. Put back on burner on medium heat and heat it up till it simmers. Remove from heat and chill in the refrigerator several hours or over night. You want the mixture firmer for working with.

Once chilled use a meatball scoop and scoop out rice like your making a meatball.Now indent the rice and slice off a small piece of banana to fit in the hole.

Cover the hole up with some rice mixture and roll in the panko combined with remaining powdered malted milk.

Place the balls on your sprayed baking sheet(s) for about 15 minutes in a 400 degree F oven and enjoy!