On the Lantern Festival, some places eat Lantern, some places eat dumplings, what is the difference between Lantern and dumplings? Lanterns delicious or dumplings delicious? Here's a look at it!

1, the production method is different

Yuanxiao is based on the filling, rolled out, first mix the filling, make a neat shape, and then cut it into squares, put the filling inside the container, the container is a dry glutinous rice flour, in the non-stop collision, the filling becomes a ball, the skin is drier, the next pot of boiled absorbs the The water is absorbed when it is cooked in the pot to make it mushy.

Soup dumplings are made of glutinous rice flour and water stirred and wrapped out, because the glutinous rice flour absorbed enough water, so the surface of the dumplings is relatively smooth, but also very sticky, do a good job of the dumplings surface smooth and shiny, and some of them also left a tip, like a peach shape.

2, different flavors

The flavor of the Lantern is relatively single, the traditional Lantern is only a sweet one, generally in the making of the Lantern will be put into the inside of the sesame seeds, cinnamon, bean paste have a sweet taste of the spices.

Soup dumplings have a rich taste, common dumpling flavors include: sweet, salty, meat, vegetarian, and now there are also people to catch up with the trend of making fruit dumplings, durian dumplings, etc., as long as the filling in the package of good choice of fillings, it is a pot of maverick soup dumplings.

3, the soup is different

Yuanxiao is rolled out, so will be under the pot to cook, the pot will be paste inside a white, these are glutinous rice slurry, can be served out of food.

The outer skin of the dumplings absorbs enough water during the production process, so after the dumplings are cooked, the soup inside the pot is very clean, not cloudy, and the appearance looks very nice.

4, shelf life is different

Yuanxiao is rolled out of glutinous rice flour, dipped in water, the outer skin will be paste into a ball, the preservation of the dry environment is easy to crack, so the preservation of Lanxiao time is very short, you need to do with the food.

Soup dumplings in the production process of glutinous rice flour inside absorbed enough water, therefore, dumplings in the preservation process and will not crack or other problems, can be frozen, so easy to store, in the supermarket can buy frozen dumplings.