Tangyuan, also known as Yuanxiao, Tangtuan and Piao Zi Yuan, is one of the representatives of traditional snacks in China, and it is a spherical food made of glutinous rice flour. There are usually fillings, which are cooked and eaten with soup. At the same time, it is also the most distinctive food of the Lantern Festival with a long history.
There are also some good things in the stuffing, namely sesame seeds, peanuts and various nuts, as well as red bean paste. Nut raw materials have high nutritional value, and soybean paste also contains a lot of protein and minerals. In contrast, chocolate stuffing has the lowest nutritional value. It is likely that cocoa butter and chocolate-flavored spices are put in it, and the so-called cream jiaozi has similar problems. As for the glutinous rice balls filled with salty meat, there is too much oil and there is nothing to recommend them.
Tangyuan is sweet, and there is no need to add sugar to the soup to reduce calorie intake; If it is a small dumpling without stuffing, the soup can be replaced by osmanthus, liqueur, scented tea, longan red date soup and longan ginger soup, which can play a role in tonifying the body and dispelling cold; When making salty dumplings, you can add some vegetables to increase the cellulose.
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Tangyuan originated in the Song Dynasty in China. At that time, Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) began to eat a novel food, which used black sesame, lard and sugar as raw materials. First, black sesame seeds are ground into powder, then lard and sugar are put into the mixture and kneaded into balls to make stuffing, and glutinous rice flour is used to knead into circles. When cooked, it tastes sweet and delicious. Because this kind of dumpling cooked in a pot floats and sinks, it was originally called "floating Zi Yuan", and later it was renamed as dumpling.
Jiaozi symbolizes better family reunion, and eating jiaozi means family happiness and reunion in the New Year, so it is a must-have food for the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. In some areas in the south, people will also get used to eating glutinous rice balls during the Spring Festival instead of jiaozi.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Tangyuan (China Traditional Food)