How to make special handmade Lantern Festival

Overview

This handmade Yuanxiao recipe is quite special. It tastes much better than the ones bought outside. It is not too sweet or greasy, and it is very delicious. To make this Yuanxiao, you need to mix glutinous rice flour with hot water and knead it vigorously. The wetness and dryness should be controlled well so that it does not stick to your hands or crack. The cooked glutinous rice balls are crystal clear and smooth. The soup of the cooked glutinous rice balls is clear and does not stick to the chopsticks when used with chopsticks. This kind of glutinous rice balls should be hollow. They look very big and round. There is a hollow sound when the chopsticks are pinched. When the water is boiling, Then start making glutinous rice balls, one by one, carefully slide them down the side of the pot, set the heat to low, and never turn it on too high. After a while, turn the pot left and right to make the glutinous rice balls float up automatically. The old people call it "climb up", which is a metaphor for a person's rise step by step in the new year. Let me share with you how to make this special handmade Lantern Festival...

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• children
• festival customs
• lantern festival
• beijing cuisine
• autumn recipes
• brown sugar
• glutinous rice flour
• lard
• peanuts
• walnut kernels
• white sesame

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare raw materials

   

2. 2 Put the peanuts and walnuts in the microwave on high heat for about two minutes, then peel them

   

3. 3 Chop peanuts and walnuts into fine pieces

   

4. 4 Add white sesame seeds into the pot and stir-fry until cooked

   

5. 5 Add peanuts and walnut kernels, add appropriate amount of brown sugar and lard, stir-fry evenly, make it slightly wet, not too dry

   

6. 6 The fillings for the Lantern Festival are ready

   

7. 7 Use water that is almost boiling, add it little by little, and knead the glutinous rice flour into a dough of suitable dryness and wetness

   

8. 8 Take a piece of Lantern Festival dough of suitable size and roll it into a round shape, then hollow it out and fill it with fillings. Do not fill it too full

   

9. 9 Tie it up and then roll it into smooth Yuanxiao

   

10. 10 Put the water into a pot with water that is almost boiling, shake the pot gently, turn on medium-low heat, and cook for seven or eight minutes until the dumplings are cooked

    

11. 11 It’s out of the pan, not greasy at all, very delicious