Osmanthus Tang Yuan 桂花汤圆
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Serves: 3-4 servings
 
Ingredients
  • 250g Glutinous rice flour
  • ½ cup Water for dough
  • few drops of rose pink colouring
  • 150g Black sesame tau sar , form into small round ballsOsmanthus Sweet Soup
  • 2 slices Ginger (thin slices)
  • 1 litre Water
  • 80g Rock sugar
  • 1 heapful tbsp Dried osmanthus flower
Instructions
  1. To cook the osmanthus sweet soup, add ginger, sugar and dried osmanthus flowers to boil and reduce heat to simmer for 5-8 minutes. Cover with lid and set aside. Boil osmanthus sweet soup again before serving.
  2. Add flour into a large bowl. Gradually add water and knead the dough until soft, smooth, kneadable and the dough does not stick to the hands.
  3. Divide dough into two portions. Add 2-3 drops rose pink colouring into one portion and knead until colour is well distributed.
  4. Pinched off pieces of both dough (pink and white) together and form well. Flatten the dough a little with your thumb and wrap the black sesame tau sar into it, then roll between palms of both hands to form round balls.
  5. Bring a pot of water to boil. Add the tang yuan into the boiling water and cook until they float to the surface. Transfer them immediately to a bowl of room temperature water until cooled or ready to serve.
  6. To serve, add tang yuan to a serving bowl and ladle the sweet soup over or place tang yuan on a serving plate and drizzle some osmanthus sugar syrup over it.Recipe adapted from NoobCook Recipe with slight adjustments。Thanks Wiffy for sharing this recipe.
Recipe by Anncoo Journal at https://www.anncoojournal.com/osmanthus-tang-yuan/