Meatballs in a sticky plum sauce

Name: Meatballs in a sticky plum sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 80 g water; 500 g fresh dark red plums; 2 garlic cloves; 60 g apple cider vinegar; 1 tsp star anise; 100 g raw sugar; 1 tbsp tamari; ½ tsp sea salt; 4 dried pitted prunes; 1 cm piece fresh ginger; ¼ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp Chinese five spice; 1 slice bread; 3 spring onions/shallots; 500 g pork mince; 1 egg; ¼ tsp ground black pepper; 100 g water; 70 g tamari; 1 tbsp Sriracha sauce; 20 g rice wine vinegar; 10 g cornflour; 300 g jasmine rice; 20 g peanut oil; 480 g water; 1 tsp Meat stock paste