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Chinese Tang Yuan Soup – Grandma Dongzhi Tang Yuan Recipe

Traditional Tang Yuan

Tang Yuan Recipe

Step-by-step Tang Yuan Recipe. We make this Tang Yuan every year, recipe from my late grandma. Happy Winter Solstice everyone!

Prep Time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

Tang Yuan Ingredients(A)
100g glutinous rice flour
10g sugar
80g water
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pandan Tang Yuan Ingredients(B)
100g glutinous rice flour
10g sugar
80g pandan juice (How to make Pandan Juice)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tang Yuan Syrup Ingredients(C)
1000g water
100g sugar
1 piece pandan leaf
 
 
 
 
 

Instructions

Traditional Tang Yuan Step 1Ingredients (A)
Mix glutinous rice flour, sugar and water. Knead the dough until smooth. Take a little bit of the dough and roll it between your palms to shape it into a small smooth ball. Place the ball on a piece of paper. Repeat till you finish up the dough.

 
 
 
 
 
Traditional Tang Yuan Step 2Ingredients (B)
Mix glutinous rice flour, sugar and pandan juice. Knead the dough until smooth. Take a little bit of the dough and roll it between your palms to shape it into a small smooth ball. Place the ball on a piece of paper. Repeat till you finish up the dough.

 
 
 
 
 
Traditional Tang Yuan Step 3Ingredients (C)
Boil water in a pot. Add sugar and pandan leaf. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional Tang Yuan Step 4Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Slip the balls into the boiling water. Stir occasionally and cook until the balls float to the surface. Drain. Put the balls into a large bowl of cold water. Drain again and transfer them into the syrup.
 
 
 
 
 

Nutrition Facts

Serving size: 1 Calories: 304.0 Fat: 0.0 g Saturated fat: 0.0 g Unsaturated fat: 0.0 g Trans fat: 0.0 g Carbohydrates: 71.6 g Sugar: 30.9 g Sodium: 10.2 mg Fiber: 0.0 g Protein: 3.4 g Cholesterol: 0.0 mg