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Tang Yuan (With Filling and Plain)
Tang yuan, or Chinese glutinous rice balls, are a 2 to 3-ingredient chewy snack that can be served in soup (sweet or savoury) or fried. Served at Chinese family gatherings, especially the Winter Solstice, they also come plain or with filling inside so, as you can see, this is a very versatile and easy dish!
- Prep time
- 3 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 C glutinous rice flour
- ½ C WARM water
- ⅛ teaspoon tumeric powder (golden) (Substitute: turmeric paste. Use sparingly as turmeric is strong)
- ½ teaspoon pure cocoa powder (brown)
- ½ teaspoon beetroot powder (pink) (Substitute: beetroot juice)
- ½ teaspoon matcha powder (green)
- ½ teaspoon charcoal powder (black) (Maybe only for non-Chinese New Year days, or if you want a contrarian CNY party!)
- To be updated
- 3 C Water
- 2 thumb sized Ginger, sliced
- Brown sugar, to taste
- 3 C Water
- Dried Osmanthus Flowers, to taste (I usually go for 7-8g as I like the flavour strong. You can use less if adding osmanthus sugar.)
- Rock sugar or osmanthus sugar (Substitute: brown sugar, white sugar or osmanthus syrup)
Instructions
- 1
For the plain tang yuan
- 2
1b. For black sesame filled tang yuan
- 3
2. Cooking the tang yuan (Plain or filled)
- 4
3. Making the sweet ginger soup