Tang Yuan with Black Sesame Filling
Tang Yuan is a popular sweet Chinese dessert, used to celebrate holidays but is served as dessert now.
Ingredients
Cooking Instructions
step 1
Toast Black Sesame Seeds (1 cup) in a pan or oven and then ground them into powder. Smaller particles can be accepted for the filling.
step 2
In a bowl, mix black sesame powder with Salt (1/4 tsp) and Powdered Confectioners Sugar (1 cup).
step 3
Pour Unsalted Butter (2/3 cup) and mix well. Place in fridge for 1 hour until slightly hardened.
step 4
Place the Sweet Glutinous Rice Flour (2 cups) into a large bowl, add Water (4 Tbsp) in the center and wait for 10 minutes. Then pour in the Water (3/4 cup).
step 5
Grasp to form a dough and keep kneading for a couple of minutes until smooth; shape the dough into a long log so that you can make similar pieces in the following step.
step 6
Take one piece and shape it into a bowl, then scoop around 1/2-1 Tbsp of toasted black sesame filling into the center. Seal the rice dumpling completely and make it as round as possible.
step 7
Put them in a large pot with water to cover them. Bring to a boil, and continue cooking for another 1-2 minutes after the tang yuans have floated to the surface.
step 8
Scoop out together with the cooking liquid and serve with sugar, sweet osmanthus or syrup.
