The difference between the Lantern and Tangyuan, we also come to distinguish, so many years you eat into the stomach, in the end is the Lantern or Tangyuan it? Don't be silly and can't tell the difference!

1, the different production methods

As the saying goes, "the north rolls the Lantern", "the south package dumplings", Lantern is a traditional food in the north, it is to put the stuffing done in advance into a colander with glutinous rice flour, by shaking the colander so that the Lantern in the colander shaking. Lantern in the colander shaking and rolling, and then dipped in water to continue to roll, so that the glutinous rice flour will be layer by layer on the filling, and has been rolled to the size of a walnut on the good, so it is called "Rolling Lanterns";

And dumplings are more like dumplings, is the glutinous rice flour kneaded into a dough, by way of awakening to make the dough soft, and then under the same size dosage, with a hand, and then the dough is made of a small piece, and then the dumplings are made of a large piece. The dough is then formed into equal-sized dosage pieces, which are hand-arranged into the shape of a small bowl, and the pre-made filling is wrapped into the skin of the dumplings, which is why they're called "dumplings".

2, the taste is different

Because of the different production methods lead to a completely different taste of the snacks and dumplings. Lanterns because it is a layer of raw flour rolled up, so it is very not solid, in the cooking, powder will fall into the water from the Lantern skin, and finally the pot who will turn into a glutinous rice batter like thick soup, eating is also a slightly rough texture, very chewy, filling is also a more embracing state;

And dumplings because it is a package, so dumplings skin is generally thinner, there will be no extra Glutinous rice flour falls off, so the cooked soup dumplings, the soup in the pot is still clear, and the dumplings taste very soft and sticky, the filling is quicksand state.

3, filling and eating different

The filling of the Lantern is relatively traditional, the varieties are relatively single, to white sugar sesame, peanuts, hawthorn, cinnamon assorted, etc., the eating method is basically boiled and deep-fried two kinds of;

Soup dumplings are very rich in filling, in addition to the usual sweet filling, there are salty, and there is even a meat, and a variety of ways to eat, with osmanthus, lotus seeds, sugar water and red bean soup.