Tangyuan

Name: Tangyuan
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 200g glutinous rice flour; About 170ml warm water; 100g black sesame seeds, toasted and ground; 60g sugar; 50g lard or butter, softened; Ginger and rock sugar, for the syrup

汤圆/tahng-YWEN/

Also known as: Tang Yuan, Yuanxiao, Chinese Glutinous Rice Balls, Sweet Rice Dumplings

About this dish

Soft, chewy glutinous rice balls filled with black sesame paste, served warm in a light ginger syrup.

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Ingredients

🍚200g glutinous rice flour

💧About 170ml warm water

⚫100g black sesame seeds, toasted and ground

🍬60g sugar

🧈50g lard or butter, softened

🫚Ginger and rock sugar, for the syrup

Method

Serves 2

Mix the ground sesame, sugar and lard into a paste and chill, then roll into small balls.

Mix the rice flour with warm water into a soft, smooth dough.

Wrap each sesame ball in a piece of dough and roll smooth.

Simmer sliced ginger with rock sugar and water to make the syrup.

Boil the tangyuan until they float, then a minute more, and serve in the syrup.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Tangyuan symbolise family togetherness and are eaten at the Lantern Festival and the Winter Solstice.

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