Today is Chinese Lantern festival. The tradition for the lantern festival, other than watch the lantern decorations, is to have tangyuan, sweet dumplings, with family.

The round shape of the sweet dumplings, symbolizes the completeness and unity of the family, and carries people’s best wishes for a happy and sweet new year. So today let’s make some simple and tasty sweet dumplings to celebrate the lantern festival.

We are making two of the most popular flavors of tangyuan. One is sesame flavored, and the other red bean flavored.

[Sesame Flavor]
70g Sesame powder
40g Sugar
75g Butter
200g glutinous rice flour
160g water

70g 芝麻粉
40g 糖
75g 黄油
200g 糯米粉
160g 水

[Red Bean Flavor]
125g Red bean paste
75g Butter
15g Matcha powder (optional)
200g Glutinous rice flour
160g Water

125g 红豆沙
75g 黄油
15g 抹茶粉
200g 糯米粉
160g 水

Steps:
1. Make Filling
2. Make Dough
3. Wrap
4. Boil

步骤
1. 做汤圆馅
2. 做汤圆皮
3. 包汤圆
4. 煮汤圆

Table of Contents
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Ingredients
0:50 Step 1 - Make Filling
1:58 Step 2 - Make Dough
3:18 Step 3 - Wrap
4:10 Step 4 - Boil
4:40 Closing
5:09 Summary

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