【Tianjin】Chicken glutinous rice balls

Overview

The Lantern Festival is coming soon, on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that dates back to the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Lantern Festival originally meant the night of the Lantern Festival. Because the main activity of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was eating glutinous rice balls and admiring the moon at night, the name of the festival later evolved into the Lantern Festival. On the night of the Lantern Festival, the streets and alleys are decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. People admire the lanterns, guess lantern riddles, and eat the Lantern Festival. The celebrations that started on New Year's Eve push to another climax and become a custom that has been passed down from generation to generation. Tangyuan is one of the representatives of traditional Chinese snacks. It is a spherical food made of glutinous rice flour. It usually has fillings and is cooked and eaten with soup. It is also the most distinctive food of the Lantern Festival. It has a long history. It is said that glutinous rice balls originated in the Song Dynasty. Tangyuan symbolizes a better family reunion, and eating glutinous rice balls means family happiness and reunion in the new year, so it is a must-have delicacy during the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. I have loved celebrating the New Year since I was a child, and loved eating dumplings and glutinous rice balls made by my mother. Now that life has improved, glutinous rice balls and dumplings are no longer so seasonal. You can eat them anytime you want, especially glutinous rice balls. Not only are the fillings rich and colorful, but their shapes and colors are also becoming more and more beautiful. This year is the Year of the Rooster, so it’s just the right time to make some glutinous rice balls in the shape of chickens. How appropriate for the occasion. It’s just that my skills are limited. The chicken glutinous rice balls I made were not cute enough and were a bit silly. People ignored my skills. I wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival in the Year of the Rooster.

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• bean paste filling
• food coloring
• glutinous rice flour
• black sesame
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Take an appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour and add water to it little by little.

   

2. 2 First stir with chopsticks, and finally knead it with your hands to make a smooth glutinous rice dough, cover it and let it rest for a while.

   

3. 3 Divide the dough into two parts, large and small, add a drop of yellow coloring to the large one, and add a drop of red coloring to the small one, and knead them separately to get two colors of glutinous rice dough. (You can also use natural coloring ingredients such as pumpkin puree and dragon juice. Since I have limited ingredients at home, I used pigments for coloring first.)

   

4. 4 Take an appropriate amount of yellow glutinous rice dough, roll it into a round shape and flatten it to make a pit.

   

5. 5 Add bean paste filling and wrap it up.

   

6. 6 Close and round.

   

7. 7 Take an appropriate amount of red dough and make the chicken's comb, bow, and small mouth. Press it on the glutinous rice balls. You can press it lightly with a toothpick. Then use black sesame seeds to make the chicken's eyes and stick them on the glutinous rice balls.

   

8. 8 Add water to the pot and bring to a boil, add glutinous rice balls and cook.

   

9. 9 Take it out and serve it on a plate.