Tangyuan is one of the traditional Chinese New Year delicacies and is also the representative food of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Tangyuan are small ball-shaped foods made from glutinous rice flour, usually wrapped with sweet or salty fillings.

In traditional Chinese culture, glutinous rice balls symbolize reunion and completeness because their shape is round, and a circle represents completeness and reunion in Chinese culture.

Steps for making glutinous rice balls. Material preparation. The materials needed to make glutinous rice balls mainly include glutinous rice flour, water, fillings, etc.

Among them, glutinous rice flour is the main raw material of glutinous rice balls, which is made from glutinous rice through grinding.

You can choose sweet or salty fillings. Common sweet fillings include sesame, red bean, lotus paste, etc., while salty fillings include pork, red bean paste, cheese, etc.

To make glutinous rice dumpling wrapper, mix glutinous rice flour and appropriate amount of water, knead into dough, and then roll the dough into long and thin strips.

Cut the strips of dough into small pieces and shape into round balls with your palms.

Put the ball into the palm of your hand and gently squeeze it with your thumb and index finger to make it into a flat shape.

Finally, place the flat round dough in the palm of your hand and use a spoon to place the filling in the center.

Wrap the filling. Place the filling in the center of the dumpling wrapper, then shrink the dumpling wrapper into a ball and gently squeeze it with your hands to make it a round shape.

The wrapped glutinous rice balls should be placed in dry glutinous rice flour to prevent them from sticking together.

Cook the glutinous rice balls. Put the glutinous rice balls into boiling water and cook for about 3 minutes until the glutinous rice balls float and the surface becomes transparent.

Then take out the glutinous rice balls and rinse them in cold water to remove the stickiness on the surface.

Cultural significance of glutinous rice balls Tangyuan has important symbolic significance in traditional Chinese culture.

It symbolizes reunion and completeness because it is round in shape, and circles represent completeness and reunion in Chinese culture.

During the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar, people will make glutinous rice balls at home, and the family will gather together to enjoy this delicious food and pray for family reunion and happiness.

Tangyuan is one of the traditional Chinese New Year delicacies and an important symbol in Chinese culture.

It is not only a kind of food, but also a cultural inheritance and emotional expression.

In the process of making glutinous rice balls, we can not only taste delicious food, but also feel the reunion and warmth between family members.

Let's make glutinous rice balls together and enjoy the wonderful time of reunion.