A Year Older...with Tang Yuen.....

colourful tang yuen.......before it goes into the pot............


22nd December is always a day where Chinese celebrate their Dong Zhi... or Solstice Winter Festival by making and eating Tang Yuen....or glutinous rice balls.......i never fail to make this colourful balls for my family every year....it is the chinese tradition of reminding you that you will be a year older after eating this lovely colourful rice balls......i can still remember....when i was a child ....i told my mum i do not want to grow a year older by refusing to eat tang yuen.........here are my tang yuens made yesterday........


colourful tang yuen in syrup.....cooked with rock sugar and pandan leaves and a knob of ginger............



a spoonful of tang yuen......................

this is the dry version with ground peanuts and sugar on the outside and gula melaka or palm sugar as fillings......best served immediately when cooked or else the rice balls will harden when it gets cold...........

Tang Yeun is actually quite easy to make......just buy a packet of glutinous rice powder from supermarket......and knead into a wet soft dough with water...use both palms to roll into small balls......then drop into a big pot of boiling water to cook til it rise to the surface......drop into ice cold water.... drained and eat it with prepared syrup......

For the dry version ....just roll it over grounded toasted peanuts mixed with fine sugar....when the balls are still hot from pot.....you can stuff in any fillings you like before boiling the balls in water....i use my leftover chocolate chips...from my cakes......yummy....!