Yuanxiao tastes sticky, sweet and round, symbolizing family reunion and happiness. You can buy them in ordinary shops in China. The following is the recipe for making Yuanxiao (in Chinese and English):
Ingredients raw materials:
4 1/2 cups (500g) sticky rice noodles
500 grams of sticky rice noodles
Butter 7 ounces (200 grams)
200 grams butter
Black sesame powder 7 ounces (200 grams)
200g black sesame powder
8 ounces (250 grams) of sugar
250g sugar
1 teaspoon wine
A teaspoon of wine.
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Method:
1. Mix butter, sesame powder, sugar and wine together. You need to heat it up a little. Make pellets of about 0.3-0.4 ounces (10g) each.
1. Mix butter, black sesame powder, sugar and wine, heat for a while, and knead into balls of about 10g.
2. Take 1/ 2 cups of sticky rice noodles. Add water to the flour to make a flattened dough. Boil it in boiling water and take it out. Let it cool down. Then put it into the remaining sticky rice noodles. Add water and knead until the dough is smooth.
2. Take about100g sticky rice flour, add water to make dough, and cook in boiling water. After cooling, add it into the remaining glutinous rice flour and knead until smooth.
3. Divide the dough into small pieces, each about 0.3-0.4 ounces (10g). First make it into a ball by hand, and then make a hole in the ball, just like a nail. Put the sesame ball in and close it.
3. Divide the dough into balls of about 65,438+00g, knead them into balls by hand, then pierce a snail shape in the middle, and then fill in the sesame stuffing made before.
4. Boil them in boiling water. Be sure to keep stirring in one direction when cooking. When they float on the water, continue to cook on low heat for about one minute.
4. Cook with boiling water. During the cooking process, stir in one direction all the time. After jiaozi floats on the water, simmer for one minute.