Recipe Tang Yuan

Sno            Ingredients                             Quantity

1.                  Glutinous rice flour                 2 cups

2.                  Boiling water                          1.5 cups

3.                  Vegetable oil                           30 ml

4.                  Sugar                                       250 grams

5.                  Food colors                             any two to three different colors

6.                  Ginger                                     50 grams

7.                  Osmanthus leaves                   1 table spoon

8.                  Screw pine leaves                    2 numbers

9.                  Coconut Milk                          200 ml ( Optional )

Methods

1.      Mix rice flour with boiling water and mix thoroughly, add oil and knead to make a dough.

2.      Place the dough in fridge to cool.

3.      Boil 250 ml of water with 250 grams of sugar, add crushed ginger, osmanthus leaves and screw pine leaves, simmer over low flame to form syrup.

4.      Devide the dough in to four equal parts, add one food color in 1 part of the dough, leaving one dough as white.

5.      Make small balls ( 1 centimeter in diameter) of the entire dough.

6.      Boil water and cook the ball in it, till the balls start to float on the top of boiling water (it take around 10 – 15 minutes).

7.      Remove the balls and place in cold water.

8.      Drain the water and place the balls in syrup.

9.      Syrup can also be flavored with coconut milk.