Sweet Rice Balls Recipe | Tang Yuan | How to Make Tang Yuan or Yuan Xiao

glutinous rice flour

🥗Healthier: almond flour

💰Cheaper: regular rice flour

Almond flour offers a gluten-free option, while regular rice flour is more accessible.

black sesame paste

🥗Healthier: sunflower seed butter

💰Cheaper: peanut butter

Sunflower seed butter provides a nut-free alternative, while peanut butter is often less expensive.

sugar

🥗Healthier: stevia

💰Cheaper: honey

Stevia is a low-calorie sweetener, while honey is a natural alternative.

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: regular milk

Almond milk is lower in calories, while regular milk is often more affordable.

Put sesame seeds in a mixer to break them up.

Combine sesame seeds, sugar, and butter in a bowl and mash together.

Refrigerate the filling for half an hour.

Mix glutinous rice flour with 30 milliliters of hot water on one side to create a soft paste.

Add cold water and mix the rest of the flour in until the dough is the right consistency.

If the dough is too dry, add water in small amounts until it becomes sticky enough to work with.

Roll the dough out on a board and cut it into pieces for individual dumplings.

Roll each piece into a small ball.

Flatten each ball into a pancake shape.

Place filling in the center, wrap the dough around it, and seal it tightly into a ball.

Fill a pot with boiling water and ensure there is enough water to prevent dumplings from sticking to the bottom.

Drop the dumplings individually into the boiling water and stir occasionally to prevent sticking.

Cook until the dumplings float to the top, indicating they are fully cooked.

Remove the dumplings from the pot; they will have plumped up.

Prepare the sweet soup by adding ginger and water to a pot.

Add sugar to the soup according to desired sweetness and stir until it boils.

Once boiling, add the dumplings to the soup and stir gently.

Scoop out dumplings with soup into a bowl for serving.

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