Happy Winter Solstice! 21 December 2020 is the day everyone will either make their own tang yuan at home, buy or eat outside. I remember there was one year I bought a bowl from Mr Bean. Mr Bean is where you get to have tang yuan all year round. Their version is tau huay with tang yuan. Unlike those homemade ones, different creation from simple tang shui (sweet soup) or with red bean soup. Super nice.
For mine version, homemade but the soup is just water with rock water and slices of ginger. Hassle-free for us. So long as we celebrate this festival by having tang yuan. That's all.
Yield: 26 nos. (depends on the size you want, can be more)
Dough Ingredients:
- 1 cup glutinous rice flour (sifted)
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1/2 tbsp of caster sugar
- 2 different food colourings (optional)
Tang Shui (Sweet Soup):
- Rock sugar
- Water
- Ginger slices
Method:
1. Add flour and sugar in a bowl mixing bowl.
2. Gradually add water to knead. If too dry, add some water. If too wet, add flour. Don't need use all the water. The dough should not stick to your hand or the bowl. That is the texture you wanna get.
3. Once done, divide into 3 portions and add a drop of colouring each. Knead the dough so that the colour spread evenly to your ideal colour tone. Divide the dough again and roll them into round shapes (or any shape you want).
4. In the boiling water, add rock sugar and ginger slices and let it simmer (or till the sugar melts).
5. Put in the tang yuan and boil till it floats up, meaning is cooked. Ready to serve.
Told my dad that tang yuan is really easy to make from scratch and don't even need to buy those ready-made dough (white and pink especially) from the traditional market. The key ingredient is glutinous rice flour. Water and sugar, who doesn't have that at home, right? Although I made mine without fillings, but then effort counts in celebrating the festival on our own. Probably if time permits, I make simple peanut fillings. Or whatever you can get from supermarkets to make up for the fillings inside the tang yuan.
Had made Red Bean Soup with Homemade Tang Yuan too. This cold rainy weather in Singapore is really perfect for this dessert. Red Bean Soup on cold weather and Green Bean Soup on hot weather. That is what I know.
This isn't the first time I made my own tang yuan at home. Maybe I should do it more often and create my own dessert. Uniquely mine. That shall be the plan. Stay tune for more upcoming posts on my blog. Cheers.
Recipe adapted from https://noobcook.com/homemade-tang-yuan/2/