Yuanzi means: reunion.

Yuanzi, a traditional New Year food unique to our Hefei area, is made from fragrant glutinous rice, indica rice or dried noodles. It is cooked until it is nine-mature and then cooled. Then it is mixed with onion, ginger, and lean meat, and is evenly kneaded into balls with a diameter of about 5 cm. It is then rounded with starch and poured with oil.

It is cooked and fried in a pot.

Its fragrance is mouth-watering and its taste is unforgettable.

This is a contribution and creation of Hefei people to food!

When I mention the Chinese New Year, the first image that flashes in my mind is of my mother making dumplings at home, and the whole family is surrounding my mother, talking and laughing, helping her. At that moment, all the unhappiness and unhappiness in the past year seems to be making dumplings.

In the process, everything disappeared, and the family turned all their expectations for the New Year into balls in their hands.

When the dumplings are fried and heated in the pan, my sister and I will wait anxiously outside the kitchen with small bowls, waiting for our mother to bring them out for us to try. My mother said that if we eat the dumplings, the whole family will be reunited and safe in the new year.

With your sister, you will have good health and academic progress.

In a sense, people in Hefei eat dumplings on New Year's Eve, which is equivalent to eating dumplings on New Year's Eve in the north, or eating dumplings on New Year's Eve in Shanghai.

"Yuanzi" is also called "Big Yuanbao", which means reunion and attracting wealth.

Generally speaking, Hefei’s rice balls are divided into noodles, glutinous rice balls, and potato balls. From the words, you can clearly know what its main raw materials are. Noodle balls and glutinous rice balls are salty, and potato balls are sweet. Among them,

Noodles are a must-have for every household during the Chinese New Year.

The vermicelli dumplings are crystal clear and delicious, with crispy outer skin and soft and chewy inside. There is nothing to ask for when you bite into it. After eating, you will have endless aftertaste and enjoy it incomparably.