Why eat fried dumplings?
Fried Yuanxiao is a traditional snack of Han nationality and belongs to Lantern Festival food. Punch some holes in the bought Yuanxiao with a needle cone to prevent oil from spilling when frying. When the oil in the pot is cooked, fry the Yuanxiao twice. When the Lantern Festival is pale yellow, turn it with bamboo chopsticks to heat it evenly, then fry it until it is golden yellow, and small bubbles begin to appear on the surface, that is, remove it and put it on the plate. Put some sugar on the fried dumplings.
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, dip it in water and put it in a fresh-keeping box to continue rolling.
12, repeat this several times, and it will be Yuanxiao.
13, after the Lantern Festival, punch some holes in it with toothpicks.
14, set the pot on fire, add oil and heat it.
15, put in Yuanxiao and fry until golden. When there are small bubbles on the surface, you can take out the oil control and put it on the plate.
Cooking tips
1, the filling should be compacted, not loose, otherwise it will be easy to disperse 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. It is essential to blow holes in the Lantern Festival, which can effectively prevent oil from spilling out during the explosion.
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 sang and danced 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 then 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 Xiao at night, so it was named 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, wrapped in stuffing and used for cooking. The making of Yuanxiao is to knead the stuffing into balls or cut it into cubes, then dip it in some 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 beautiful sustenance for the new year.