Yuanxiao is one of the traditional snacks in China. There is a custom that people must eat Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao is also called "dumpling" or "dumpling". These names are similar to the word "reunion", which means reunion and symbolizes family reunion, harmony and happiness. People also miss their departed relatives and place good expectations on their future lives. Eating Yuanxiao, like a full moon, symbolizes family reunion and entrusts people with good wishes for their future life.

There are many ways to eat Yuanxiao. Here are some unique ways to eat:

Fried yuanxiao

Ingredients: Yuanxiao, cooking oil, sugar. Exercise:

1. Punch the bought Yuanxiao with a needle cone to prevent oil splashing when frying;

2. 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 golden brown, and small bubbles begin to appear on the surface, that is, take it out and put it on the plate;

3. After the Yuanxiao is fried, you can eradicate your personal taste and sprinkle some sugar.

Note: Yuanxiao is easy to explode if it is not directly fried. If you find it troublesome to stick needles in Yuanxiao, you can cover the pot when frying.

Draw lanterns

Materials:

Yuanxiao, sugar, cooked sesame, white vinegar, clear water.

Exercise:

1. Put the fresh Yuanxiao (preferably the homemade one sold now) in the oil pan and fry it until golden brown;

2. Prepare an empty plate and put a little oil on the bottom of the plate in advance for later use;

3. Leave a little base oil in the pot, put three spoonfuls of sugar, drop a few drops of white vinegar, add a little water (if you put three spoonfuls of sugar, one spoonful of water is enough), and cook slowly on low heat until the water evaporates, and the sugar juice becomes sticky, from the big bubbles at first to small bubbles. When the sugar juice turns pale yellow, quickly pour in the fried Yuanxiao, stir-fry it with a shovel and put it away.

4. Sprinkle cooked sesame seeds and you can go out.

Note: when cooking sugar, keep stirring to prevent the sugar juice from touching the pot.

Steamed yuanxiao

Materials:

Yuanxiao, oil, sugar or osmanthus sauce

Exercise:

1. Put a layer of oil on the porcelain plate;

2. Put jiaozi into the plate;

3. Put a proper amount of cold water into the pot, then boil it, put the glutinous rice balls into the pot and steam for about 10 minute;

4. After cooking, pour osmanthus sauce or sprinkle with sugar.

Note: When steaming dumplings, you must wait for the water in the steamer to boil before adding it, so that the appearance of steamed dumplings is full.

Fermented yuanxiao

Materials:

Yuanxiao, fermented grains, eggs, lotus root starch.

Exercise:

1. Boil water in the pot;

2. Add glutinous rice balls and stir;

3. Beat the eggs in a bowl and stir them;

4. Put two spoonfuls of lotus root starch into a bowl and add cold water to make a paste;

5. Cook the Lantern Festival until it is 80% mature, and add wine;

6. Pour in the lotus root paste. Stir quickly;

7. Add the egg liquid, stir well, and serve after boiling.

Note: Some fermented grains bought in the supermarket are not sweet enough. If you like sweets, you can add some sugar to the soup.

Seaweed silk yuanxiao

Materials:

Fresh meat jiaozi or quick-frozen jiaozi, pickles, shrimp skin, shredded seaweed, broth (you can add chicken essence instead of broth at home).

Exercise:

1. Fresh or frozen Yuanxiao, put it in boiling water, turn to low heat after boiling, and take it out when it floats;

2. Add half a bowl of broth (proper amount of chicken essence) and kimchi to the pot and bring to a boil. Sprinkle with shrimps.

3. Add the cooked fresh meat jiaozi, put it in a bowl, and sprinkle some seaweed silk for decoration, which is both good-looking and delicious.

Tian Mi Xiao Yuan ice cream

Materials:

Yuanxiao, ice cream, cookies

Exercise:

1. yuanxiao cooked for use;

2. Dig a bowl of ice cream and put the cool Yuanxiao on the ice cream;

3. Crush the cookies and sprinkle them on the Lantern Festival cookies, and they will become sweet Lantern Festival ice cream. Yuanxiao has the taste of ice and ice QQ, which is very enjoyable to eat.