Lantern Festival is the first important traditional festival after the Spring Festival, so there are many rich and unique customs and activities on this day, among which frying Yuanxiao is essential, which is a traditional food snack of Lantern Festival. So why do we eat fried dumplings in the Lantern Festival custom? What's the point? What is the correct way to do Yuanxiao?

Why do you want fried dumplings?

Fried Yuanxiao is a traditional snack of Han nationality and belongs to Lantern Festival food. Punch a few holes in the bought Yuanxiao with a needle cone to prevent oil from spilling when frying. When the oil in the pot is ripe, fry Yuanxiao twice. When the Lantern Festival is light yellow, turn it with bamboo chopsticks to heat it evenly, then fry it until it is golden, and small bubbles begin to appear on the surface, that is, remove the oil and put it on the plate. Put some sugar on the fried Yuanxiao.

5. Knead the stuffing into small balls with uniform size.

6. Take a round basin with a lid. I used a fresh-keeping box.

8. Put the prepared meatballs in the hedge and soak them in water.

1 1, take it out and dip it in water, and put it in a fresh-keeping box to continue rolling.

12, repeated several times, is the Lantern Festival.

13, after the Lantern Festival, put some holes in it with toothpicks.

14. Bring the pot to the fire and add oil to heat it up.

15, add Yuanxiao and fry until golden. When there are small bubbles on the surface, you can take out the oil control and put it in the plate.

Cooking tips

1, the filling should be compacted, not loose, otherwise it will easily come loose when rolling.

3. The stuffing must be dipped in water before rolling, not soaked in water.

5. Roll glutinous rice flour evenly and quickly, so as to roll evenly.

6. Blowing holes in Lantern Festival is essential, which can effectively prevent oil from splashing when frying.

Common sense of diet

The origin and custom of Lantern Festival and the difference between Yuanxiao and Tangyuan;

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, from the fifteenth night of the first month of each year, Luoyang City was singing and dancing every night. At this time, the owner of a snack bar is ingenious. He grinds glutinous rice into powder, wraps jiaozi with sugar stuffing and cooks it to fill his stomach and warm his body. Because in ancient times, the fifteenth day of the first month was called Shangyuan Festival, and the night was called Lantern Festival, hence the name Yuanxiao. Later, after a long-term evolution, there was a distinction between the southern glutinous rice balls and the northern Yuanxiao. Tangyuan is made of glutinous rice flour and flour, which is wrapped in stuffing and used for cooking. The making of Yuanxiao is to knead the stuffing into balls or dice, then dip it in a little water and roll it into a suitable size on glutinous rice flour for cooking or frying.

Lantern Festival also includes solve riddles on the lanterns, Torch Festival, Sanyuanshuo and Ming Di's worship of Buddha. Even some foreign countries, such as Japan and South Korea, will have their own unique customs during the Lantern Festival, which symbolizes people's good hopes for the New Year.