Method:

1. Prepare glutinous rice balls, add cold water to the pot, and prepare another bowl of cold water;

2. Boil the water over high heat and bring to a boil Finally, turn down the heat appropriately until it boils but not boils. (This way the glutinous rice balls will not break easily);

3. Put the glutinous rice balls into the pot. After a short wait, you can stir the glutinous rice balls with a spoon. When stirring, do not touch the dumplings with the spoon, stir the water to make the dumplings move;

4. Wait for the dumplings to boil slowly, then pour an appropriate amount of cold water to stop boiling. Boil for about two to three times, adding some water each time to stop boiling;

5. After three times of "boiling - adding water to stop boiling" in the previous step, it can be ensured that the glutinous rice balls are basically cooked and full in shape The hair will swell without soaking. At this point, the glutinous rice balls are basically ready to be taken out of the pot after they float.

Tangyuan culture

Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional Chinese custom, especially popular in Jiangnan. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older". Chen Zhisui's poem "Tangyuan" says: "Every winter solstice, every family cooks, do you know when one year old is added?" A popular saying in Ningbo goes: "Every family in Ningbo pound rice and make glutinous rice balls, and they are content and happy for another day." Hu Bingyan also has a poem that says : "The fragrant glutinous rice is used to make glutinous rice balls, and the boiling water floats with silver, wealth, honor and salt.

The entrance is sweet and smooth, and the whole family is happy and drunk forever." "Ningbo glutinous rice balls" is a must-have food, which is made of glutinous rice flour. The made round dessert, "yuan" means "reunion" and "completeness". Eating glutinous rice balls during festivals symbolizes family harmony and auspiciousness, so glutinous rice balls are also called "Fu Yuanzi".

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, "Ningbo glutinous rice balls" have been used as a food in my country for the Lantern Festival. This kind of food was first called "Fu Yuanzi" and later "Tangyuan", also known as Yuanxiao. "Tangyuan" is filled with sesame, bean paste, walnut kernels, nuts, jujube paste, etc., and is wrapped into a round shape with glutinous rice flour. Meat or vegetarian, with different flavors. It can be cooked in soup, fried or steamed, and has the meaning of happy reunion.