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Modification is too simple. Should make it more interesting. Not much effort in this area

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Did not show how you wrapped the blueberries into the tang yuan dough. the preparation part was not detailed enough. How did you make the tangyuan balls.? As for the cowpea, did you extract the juice or use the petals. All these are not shown in your video.

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Too much of background noise. Why did you get so many of your classmates to be in your house?

Evaluation was not detailed enoughgou

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Steps could not be seen very clearly. Too much fast forward.

Did not shown how you did the filling.

Reflective sharing was well done. Details were given for the 3 aspects.

Creative idea of using caramelised sugar.

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The wrapping of the filling was not clearly shown.

Reflective sharing by your brother.: He just mumbled something. what was it? This part was badly done

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Tang Yuan is a dessert made of glutinous rice balls in a sweet clear soup usually served during the Winter Solstice Festival to mark the arrival of winter.
Winter Solstice Festival, also called Tang Chek in Hokkien/Fujianese or Dong Zhi (冬至) in Mandarin, is a Chinese celebration that usually happens between the 21st and 23rd December. Tang Chek means the "arrival of winter". Traditionally, farmers would lay down their tools and celebrate the harvest by going home to their families. A feast is prepared to mark the occasion. On this day everyone becomes one year older. It is also the day when the sun has reached the Tropic of Capricorn. Therefore, it is the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere.

The significance of Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls)

There is always some special food associated with Chinese festivals. For this one, families get together to make and eat Kuih Ee/Ee Th'ng or Tang Yuan (湯圓), a dessert made of glutinous rice balls in a sweet clear soup. The roundness of the Kuih Ee signifies togetherness. In Malaysia, premixed colored dough is sold at the wet markets. The favorite colors are red, green, and yellow. Most people will buy the dough and form the balls at home, an activity much enjoyed by the kids. The sweet soup is made of a simple syrup flavored with pandan leaves and ginger.

A Celebration of Togetherness

I have to admit that while I enjoyed rolling and forming the balls as a kid, this is not exactly a favorite dessert of mine. The glutinous rice balls are way too doughy for my liking. However, when I moved here, I realized that the tang yuan sold at the Asian grocery stores usually came with a filling of black sesame seed, lotus seed, or red bean paste. Now, that made a huge difference as I do like all three types of filling. Since I had some red bean paste left over from making mooncakes, I went ahead and used that for the filling. I am glad I did.

Ro-Taro (eldest son) returned home from campus two days ago for the holidays and it was a time of celebration and togetherness for us. What better time to make these than yesterday so that we could enjoy them together. The soft and chewy glutinous rice balls with the red bean paste filling were delicious in the sweet and fragrant syrup. I would definitely make these again!

Time for Another Round of Nona-Nona

This month's theme for Nona-Nona is DECEMBER, selected by my blogging buddy Denise. It can be any foods related to the month of December, be it Yuletide or any other seasonal or year-end specialties. For the month of October we both made the same dish. You can check out our past challenges here. She decided that we should have a broad theme this time so that we can better surprise each other and not have that happen again. I immediately thought of Tang Chek and Ee Th'ng instead of goodies for Christmas. Hopefully Denise will keep with the Christmas theme. Let's hop over to Singapore Shiok! to see what she has cooked up in her kitchen.

Related Products Used in Making This Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls)

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Erawan Glutinous Rice Flour, 16 oz
Pyrex Prepware 1-Cup Measuring Cup
Cuisipro Stainless Steel Measuring Cup and Spoon Set

Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls) with Red Bean Paste Filling

A little early but here is wishing you a
HAPPY TANG CHEK / DONG ZHI / WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL!

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Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls) with Red Bean Paste Filling

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Tang Yuan is a dessert made of glutinous rice balls in a sweet clear soup usually served during the Winter Solstice Festival to mark the arrival of winter. Winter Solstice Festival, also called Tang Chek in Hokkien/Fujianese or Dong Zhi (冬至) in Mandarin, is a Chinese celebration that usually happens between the 21st and 23rd December.

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Tang-yuan stuffed with red bean paste 红豆汤圆 [English/Chinese SUB]

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Akshara_Video 3: Presentation and reflective sharing from mom

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Presentation and Reflective sharing by Angelina (10)

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Modification (source : recipe website)

Before modification :

1 cup glutinous rice flour (125g)

½ cup water (120ml)

A few drops of food coloring (red, green, and yellow)

½ cup red bean paste (100g)

Syrup :

2 cups water (480ml)

2 pandan leaves (knotted)

1 inch ginger (peeled and crushed) (30g)

½ cup sugar (110g)

After Modification

1 cup glutinous rice flour (125g)

½ cup water (120ml)

A few drops of food coloring (red)

1/2cup red bean paste (100g)

Syrup :

2 cups water (480ml)

4 pandan leaves (knotted)

1 inch ginger (peeled and crushed) (30g)

½ cup sugar (110g)

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I added crushed biscuit and chocolate as my filling for my tang yuan

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One strength is that my tang yuan tasted nice one weakness is I added too much water

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Why are you doing your own evaluation?

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Mikel Han_Video 3 : Presentation and Reflecting sharing from Mikel (myself)

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Mikel Han_Video 3 : Presentation and Reflecting sharing from Mikel (myself)

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Evaluated by myself ( Mikel Han )

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Mikel Han_Video 3 : Preparation and Assembly

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Strength : I am able to complete most of the tasks well .

Weakness : I find the step where I was required to stir the mixture difficult as I need to use a lot strength to stir it .

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Modification:

Black Sesame Filling

80 g roasted black sesame seeds, ¾ cup

70 g sugar , 5 tbsp

60 g unsalted butter , 4 tbsp,

1 tablespoon water, 15 g

1 pinch sea salt

Dough

180 g glutinous rice flour, 1½ cup

135 g water, ½ cup + 2tbsp, room temperature

½ tablespoon vegetable oil

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1 cup glutinous rice flour (125g)

½ cup water (120ml)

peanut butter (20g)

2 cups water (480ml)

2 pandan leaves (knotted)

1 inch ginger (peeled and crushed) (30g)

½ cup sugar (110g)

sweet potato(60g)

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My modifications is that I added dye and chocolate chips

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One strength is that my tang yuan tasted nice and food and one weakness is that I should put less water

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modification

soup: half a ginger and 3 teaspoons of brown sugar

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there could have been filings in the tangyuan

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Modifications:peanuts and pandan leaves

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Too much of fast forward. I could not see the details of the steps.

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More details could have been given by your brother.

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Evaluated by: my brother

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I should have added lesser filling in some as some of the tang yaun had the filling coming out. (Preparation)

Making the dough might seem hard but it is actually easy for me. (Preparation)

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consists of the cooking, making of dough, adding of ingredients and the taste test from friends

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i feel like the strength of my tang yuan is that i feel that it tasted nice and there is a lot of tang yuan

i feel that my weakness is that i should have added more chocolate as my filling as there were not much flavour