Colorful glutinous rice balls

Overview

Today is the traditional Chinese festival - Lantern Festival! Since ancient times, there has been a custom of eating Yuanxiao in the north and glutinous rice balls in the south, which symbolizes reunion in the New Year. Today I made colorful glutinous rice balls with my children. It is simple to make and the finished product is beautiful and delicious! Dear friends, let’s start making it too😄

Tags

• staple food
• snacks
• home cooking
• glutinous rice flour
• purple sweet potato starch
• red yeast rice powder
• sweet potato
• white sugar
• boiling water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into thin slices, put them in a bowl and steam them over high heat.

   

2. 2 Crush the steamed sweet potatoes into puree with the back of a spoon.

   

3. 3 Add glutinous rice flour and boiling water.

   

4. 4 Knead into a smooth dough and wrap it in plastic wrap for later use.

   

5. 5 Put the glutinous rice flour into a bowl, add purple sweet potato flour and boiling water, and stir with chopsticks.

   

6. 6 Knead it into a smooth dough with your hands, wrap it in plastic wrap and set aside.

   

7. 7 Put the glutinous rice flour into a bowl in the same way, add red yeast rice powder and boiling water, and stir with chopsticks.

   

8. 8 Knead it into a smooth dough, wrap it in plastic wrap and set aside.

   

9. 9 Divide the kneaded dough into small pieces and roll them into balls one by one.

   

10. 10 The rolled glutinous rice balls can be sprinkled with a little glutinous rice flour to prevent them from sticking.

    

11. 11 Add water to the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.

    

12. 12 Pour in the glutinous rice balls and cook over medium heat until the glutinous rice balls float. Add the white sugar, stir well and turn off the heat.

    

13. 13 Ladle into a bowl and serve!

    

14. 14 Delightful for the eyes.

    

15. 15 Happy Lantern Festival to everyone!