Tomorrow is the annual Lantern Festival. Although there is no holiday on the Lantern Festival, it will be the weekend after it. After so many years of festivals, many people still can't tell whether they are eating Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. This issue of healthy eating culture will be analyzed for you.

The difference between Yuanxiao and Tangyuan

First, the difference in taste

Tangyuan: Tangyuan is not only sweet, but also salty, both stuffed and filled. Among them, the salty dumplings are basically salty without stuffing in the middle; The stuffing-free solid dumplings are very light, but only a small amount of sugar is added to the soup, which is not as greasy as sesame and peanut stuffing, and is suitable for people who are afraid of oil.

Yuanxiao: The biggest feature is sweetness. There are relatively few kinds of fillings, mainly black sesame seeds, five kernels, red bean paste, etc., plus some sugar.

Second, the difference between fillings

Tangyuan: Black sesame, red bean paste, walnut kernel, nuts and jujube paste were the first. Nowadays, people's tastes are becoming more and more picky. In order to meet the market demand, Yuanxiao and Tangyuaner have also broken the tradition and marched into the fruit taste. In recent years, there have been western-style flavors such as coffee and matcha, which are a bit confusing.

Yuanxiao: At the earliest, assorted stuffing and jujube paste were the main stuffing. Assorted stuffing is actually a mixture of white sugar, rose, sesame, red bean paste, yellow cinnamon, walnut kernel and nuts, which feels like the five-kernel stuffing in moon cakes.

Third, the difference of production technology

Tangyuan: The process of making tangyuan is like wrapping jiaozi. You need to make up the glutinous rice noodles first and wake up thoroughly; Then make stuffing, the water content in the stuffing is more than that in the dumpling stuffing, which can be scattered like dumpling stuffing or kneaded into small balls; Finally, grab a piece of noodles, knead them into pieces, wrap the stuffing inside, and knead them into balls.

Yuanxiao: It is mainly filled with stuffing. First, the stuffing is made and cut into small pieces. Then, the stuffing is placed in a large basket filled with glutinous rice noodles and shaken back and forth (now by machine) until a thick glutinous rice coat is rolled on the outside of the stuffing.

Fourth, the difference in taste

Tangyuan: the skin is strong and the stuffing is chewy, and the cooked soup will be sticky, which is a bit like drinking rice soup.

Yuanxiao: The skin is smooth and the taste is delicate. Because there is a lot of water in the stuffing, the stuffing will flow out like quicksand at the moment when the dumplings are bitten. Besides, the soup cooked with glutinous rice balls is clearer than Yuanxiao.